About block 947,583
Bitcoin block 947,583 was mined by ViaBTC on May 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM UTC, 24 min 42 s after block 947,582. 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 3,585 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 947,583 is number 64 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,952 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,417 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,429 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.