About block 947,830
Bitcoin block 947,830 was mined by SpiderPool on May 4, 2026 at 5:24 AM UTC, 20 min 25 s after block 947,829. 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 2,106 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 947,830 is number 311 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,705 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,170 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 28,167 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.