About block 947,353
Bitcoin block 947,353 was mined by SpiderPool on May 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC, 21 min 37 s after block 947,352. 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 2,856 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 947,353 is number 1,850 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 166 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,647 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 28,677 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.