About block 947,619
Bitcoin block 947,619 was mined by SpiderPool on May 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTC, 6 min 57 s after block 947,618. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,693 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 947,619 is number 100 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,916 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,381 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 28,389 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.