About block 947,747
Bitcoin block 947,747 was mined by AntPool on May 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC, 5 min 5 s after block 947,746. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,013 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down 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, AntPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 947,747 is number 228 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,788 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,253 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.