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⚡ Block #954,995

⛏️ A Solo Miner Strikes — and Packs the Block to the Brim

27/ 100

June 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM UTC

Block 954995 was mined by an unknown solo miner — a rare feat in an era dominated by large mining pools (groups of miners who combine computing power). On top of that, the block is stuffed with 3,954 transactions and filled right up to its weight limit, squeezing in as much activity as the rules allow.

Block details

from mempool.space

Mining pool
Transactions
3,954
Total fees
Subsidy
3.125 BTC
Median fee
Block size
1.65 MB

Why our analysis flagged it

score 27/100

  • Mined by an unknown / solo miner+10
  • Busy block: 3,954 transactions+8
  • Block mined right up to the weight limit+8

Scores are computed from on-chain facts (a deterministic heuristic), then a story is written for blocks that clear our curation threshold.

This day in Bitcoin history

reward era 5

This block sits 114,995 blocks after the 4th halving and 95,005 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.

  • 2012-11-281st halving14y before this block
  • 2016-07-092nd halving10y before this block
  • 2017-12-172017 ATH (~$19.5k)9y before this block
  • 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
  • 2021-11-102021 ATH (~$69k)5y before this block
  • 2024-03-142024 ATH (~$73k)2y before this block
  • 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block
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