About block 947,963
Bitcoin block 947,963 was mined by MARA Pool on May 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM UTC, 22 min 16 s after block 947,962. 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 2,688 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 947,963 is number 444 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,572 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,037 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,020 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.