About block 947,723
Bitcoin block 947,723 was mined by Poolin on May 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 947,722. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,449 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 947,723 is number 204 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,812 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,277 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Poolin found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,278 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.