About block 947,691
Bitcoin block 947,691 was mined by ViaBTC on May 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM UTC, 4 min 26 s after block 947,690. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,001 transactions in 1.36 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 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 947,691 is number 172 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,844 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,309 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,311 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.