About block 947,709
Bitcoin block 947,709 was mined by F2Pool on May 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM UTC, 17 min 23 s after block 947,708. 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 3,653 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 947,709 is number 190 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,826 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,291 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,293 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.