About block 947,562
Bitcoin block 947,562 was mined by SpiderPool on May 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC, 9 min 18 s after block 947,561. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,192 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 947,562 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,438 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 28,450 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.