About block 947,840
Bitcoin block 947,840 was mined by ViaBTC on May 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC, 14 min 27 s after block 947,839. 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 2,240 transactions in 1.28 MB (83.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 947,840 is number 321 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,695 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,160 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,154 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.