About block 947,817
Bitcoin block 947,817 was mined by AntPool on May 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM UTC, 10 min 18 s after block 947,816. 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 3,404 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 947,817 is number 298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,183 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,181 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.