About block 947,467
Bitcoin block 947,467 was mined by SpiderPool on May 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM UTC, 7 min 17 s after block 947,466. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,598 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 947,467 is number 1,964 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 52 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,533 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 28,550 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.