About block 947,560
Bitcoin block 947,560 was mined by AntPool on May 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC, 7 min 42 s after block 947,559. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,433 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 947,560 is number 41 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,975 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,440 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,452 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.