About block 947,572
Bitcoin block 947,572 was mined by ViaBTC on May 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM UTC, 2 min 19 s after block 947,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,834 transactions in 1.13 MB (65.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 947,572 is number 53 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,428 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,440 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.