About block 947,989
Bitcoin block 947,989 was mined by AntPool on May 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM UTC, 12 min 51 s after block 947,988. 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 3,807 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 947,989 is number 470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,011 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 27,992 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.