About block 947,731
Bitcoin block 947,731 was mined by F2Pool on May 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 11 min 35 s after block 947,730. 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 3,492 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 947,731 is number 212 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,804 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,269 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,270 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.