About block 947,945
Bitcoin block 947,945 was mined by F2Pool on May 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC, 38 min 19 s after block 947,944. 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 3,797 transactions in 1.60 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0385 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1635 BTC for this block.
Block 947,945 is number 426 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,590 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,055 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 28,038 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.