About block 947,428
Bitcoin block 947,428 was mined by AntPool on May 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 947,427. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,843 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 947,428 is number 1,925 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 91 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,572 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.