About block 947,504
Bitcoin block 947,504 was mined by SECPOOL on May 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM UTC, 11 min 59 s after block 947,503. 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 4,071 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 947,504 is number 2,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 15 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,496 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,512 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.