About block 947,436
Bitcoin block 947,436 was mined by SpiderPool on May 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC, 28 min 24 s after block 947,435. 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 4,263 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0720 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1970 BTC for this block.
Block 947,436 is number 1,933 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 83 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,564 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 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,586 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.