About block 947,646
Bitcoin block 947,646 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC, 10 min 48 s after block 947,645. 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 5,418 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 947,646 is number 127 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,889 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,354 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 28,361 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.