About block 947,697
Bitcoin block 947,697 was mined by AntPool on May 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM UTC, 8 min 10 s after block 947,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,543 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 947,697 is number 178 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,838 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,303 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,305 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.