About block 947,309
Bitcoin block 947,309 was mined by SpiderPool on April 30, 2026 at 4:42 PM UTC, 47 min 23 s after block 947,308. 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 4,018 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0742 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1992 BTC for this block.
Block 947,309 is number 1,806 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 210 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,691 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 28,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.