About block 947,946
Bitcoin block 947,946 was mined by AntPool on May 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC, 7 min 45 s after block 947,945. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,835 transactions in 1.35 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 947,946 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,054 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,037 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.