About block 947,699
Bitcoin block 947,699 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC, 7 min 39 s after block 947,698. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,749 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 947,699 is number 180 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,836 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,301 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 78 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,303 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.