About block 947,540
Bitcoin block 947,540 was mined by F2Pool on May 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM UTC, 4 min 49 s after block 947,539. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,063 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 947,540 is number 21 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,995 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,460 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 28,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.