About block 947,890
Bitcoin block 947,890 was mined by SECPOOL on May 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 5 min 22 s after block 947,889. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,346 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 947,890 is number 371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,110 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,098 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.