About block 947,722
Bitcoin block 947,722 was mined by AntPool on May 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 947,721. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,676 transactions in 1.31 MB (99.9% 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 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 947,722 is number 203 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,813 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,278 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 28,279 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.