About block 947,762
Bitcoin block 947,762 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM UTC, 8 min 22 s after block 947,761. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,811 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 947,762 is number 243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,238 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 28,238 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.