About block 947,949
Bitcoin block 947,949 was mined by SpiderPool on May 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM UTC, 11 min 37 s after block 947,948. 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 5,571 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 947,949 is number 430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,051 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 28,034 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.