About block 947,741
Bitcoin block 947,741 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC, 9 min 56 s after block 947,740. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,001 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 947,741 is number 222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,259 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 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,259 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.