About block 947,616
Bitcoin block 947,616 was mined by AntPool on May 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC, 12 min 10 s after block 947,615. 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 2,960 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 947,616 is number 97 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,384 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 28,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.