About block 947,550
Bitcoin block 947,550 was mined by SpiderPool on May 2, 2026 at 7:57 AM UTC, 16 min 4 s after block 947,549. 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 1,897 transactions in 1.30 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 947,550 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,450 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 28,464 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.