About block 947,979
Bitcoin block 947,979 was mined by SpiderPool on May 5, 2026 at 6:05 AM UTC, 9 min 29 s after block 947,978. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,111 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 947,979 is number 460 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,556 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,021 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 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,002 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.