About block 947,897
Bitcoin block 947,897 was mined by AntPool on May 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC, 7 min 23 s after block 947,896. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,544 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% 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 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 947,897 is number 378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,103 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,089 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.