About block 947,867
Bitcoin block 947,867 was mined by SpiderPool on May 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM UTC, 52 seconds after block 947,866. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,641 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 947,867 is number 348 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,668 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,133 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 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,124 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.