About block 947,298
Bitcoin block 947,298 was mined by SpiderPool on April 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC, 2 min 23 s after block 947,297. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,538 transactions in 2.33 MB (99.8% 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 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 947,298 is number 1,795 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 221 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,702 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.