About block 947,446
Bitcoin block 947,446 was mined by SpiderPool on May 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC, 17 min 48 s after block 947,445. 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 3,378 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 947,446 is number 1,943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 73 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,554 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.