About block 947,943
Bitcoin block 947,943 was mined by F2Pool on May 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC, 8 min 55 s after block 947,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,868 transactions in 1.54 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 947,943 is number 424 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,592 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,057 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.