About block 947,577
Bitcoin block 947,577 was mined by SECPOOL on May 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM UTC, 36 min 2 s after block 947,576. 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 3,719 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 947,577 is number 58 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,423 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.