About block 947,498
Bitcoin block 947,498 was mined by F2Pool on May 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM UTC, 4 min 40 s after block 947,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,530 transactions in 1.60 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 947,498 is number 1,995 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 21 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,502 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,518 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.