About block 947,759
Bitcoin block 947,759 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM UTC, 26 min 56 s after block 947,758. 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 3,568 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 947,759 is number 240 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,776 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,241 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 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,241 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.