About block 947,861
Bitcoin block 947,861 was mined by F2Pool on May 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC, 6 min 56 s after block 947,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,344 transactions in 1.46 MB (100.0% 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 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 947,861 is number 342 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,674 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,139 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 28,130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.