About block 947,838
Bitcoin block 947,838 was mined by F2Pool on May 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM UTC, 14 min 22 s after block 947,837. 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 2,761 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 947,838 is number 319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,162 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.