About block 947,938
Bitcoin block 947,938 was mined by AntPool on May 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC, 4 min 36 s after block 947,937. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,643 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 947,938 is number 419 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,597 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,062 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 28,046 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.