About block 947,571
Bitcoin block 947,571 was mined by OCEAN on May 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC, 22 min 24 s after block 947,570. 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 2,545 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0347 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1597 BTC for this block.
Block 947,571 is number 52 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,429 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. OCEAN found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,441 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.