About block 947,421
Bitcoin block 947,421 was mined by MARA Pool on May 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC, 4 min 17 s after block 947,420. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,335 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 947,421 is number 1,918 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 98 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,579 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,601 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.