About block 947,983
Bitcoin block 947,983 was mined by SpiderPool on May 5, 2026 at 6:43 AM UTC, 8 min 42 s after block 947,982. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,306 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 947,983 is number 464 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,552 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,017 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 27,998 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.