About block 947,649
Bitcoin block 947,649 was mined by AntPool on May 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM UTC, 3 min 58 s after block 947,648. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,443 transactions in 1.31 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 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 947,649 is number 130 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,886 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,351 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.