About block 947,291
Bitcoin block 947,291 was mined by SECPOOL on April 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 23 min 31 s after block 947,290. 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 3,906 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0477 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1727 BTC for this block.
Block 947,291 is number 1,788 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 228 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,709 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,741 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.