About block 947,426
Bitcoin block 947,426 was mined by SECPOOL on May 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM UTC, 3 min 5 s after block 947,425. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,631 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 947,426 is number 1,923 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 93 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,574 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.