About block 947,745
Bitcoin block 947,745 was mined by Unknown on May 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM UTC, 8 min 12 s after block 947,744. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,560 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 947,745 is number 226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,255 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. Unknown found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,255 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.