About block 947,757
Bitcoin block 947,757 was mined by SECPOOL on May 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM UTC, 16 min 45 s after block 947,756. 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 2,979 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 947,757 is number 238 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,778 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,243 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,243 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.