⚡ Block #956,070
⛏️ A Solo Miner Struck Gold at Block 956,070
June 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
This block was mined by an unknown solo miner — not a big mining pool — which is a rare feat in today's highly competitive Bitcoin network. Solo miners compete against massive operations with slim odds, making a successful block a genuine underdog moment. Everything else about the block is pretty routine, but that one detail makes it worth a second look.
- Mined by: unknown solo miner (not a pool)
- Block height: 956,070
- Transactions included: 1,853
- Block size: 0.92 MB (just under the ~1 MB typical limit)
- Total fees collected: 0.000 BTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 1,853
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 0.92 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 11/100
- Mined by an unknown / solo miner+10
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
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