About block 947,895
Bitcoin block 947,895 was mined by AntPool on May 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC, 11 min 50 s after block 947,894. 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 3,259 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 947,895 is number 376 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,640 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,105 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,091 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.