About block 947,894
Bitcoin block 947,894 was mined by ViaBTC on May 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM UTC, 15 min 12 s after block 947,893. 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 3,161 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 947,894 is number 375 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,641 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,106 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.