About block 947,909
Bitcoin block 947,909 was mined by SECPOOL on May 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM UTC, 1 min 9 s after block 947,908. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,436 transactions in 1.34 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 947,909 is number 390 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,626 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,091 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.