About block 947,829
Bitcoin block 947,829 was mined by SpiderPool on May 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM UTC, 7 min 28 s after block 947,828. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,263 transactions in 1.86 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 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 947,829 is number 310 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,706 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,171 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,168 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.