⚡ Block #956,327
⛏️ A Solo Miner Packed This Block to the Brim
35/ 100
July 2, 2026 at 07:21 AM UTC
Block 956327 was mined by an unknown solo miner — someone outside the major mining pools who struck it lucky on their own. They filled the block almost entirely to its weight limit with 4,612 transactions, which is a notably busy block. What makes it extra unusual: despite all that activity, the total fees collected were essentially zero.
- Mined by: unknown / solo miner (not a major pool)
- Transactions: 4,612 — a heavy, well-packed block
- Block size: 1.75 MB, right up against the limit
- Total fees collected: 0.000 BTC
- Mined: 2 July 2026 at 07:21 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,612
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.75 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Heavy block: 4,612 transactions+16
- Mined by an unknown / solo miner+10
- 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.
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