About block 947,872
Bitcoin block 947,872 was mined by F2Pool on May 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, 10 min 32 s after block 947,871. 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 2,025 transactions in 1.48 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 947,872 is number 353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,128 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.