About block 947,841
Bitcoin block 947,841 was mined by SpiderPool on May 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM UTC, 9 min 31 s after block 947,840. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,154 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 947,841 is number 322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,159 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 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,153 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.