About block 947,750
Bitcoin block 947,750 was mined by MARA Pool on May 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM UTC, 9 min 7 s after block 947,749. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,276 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 947,750 is number 231 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,785 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,250 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,250 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.