About block 947,781
Bitcoin block 947,781 was mined by SECPOOL on May 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC, 16 min 14 s after block 947,780. 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 2,355 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 947,781 is number 262 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,754 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,219 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 28,219 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.