⚡ Block #956,516
📦 A packed block lands on the chain
25/ 100
July 3, 2026 at 04:05 PM UTC
Block 956,516 arrived on July 3rd carrying 4,111 transactions — a notably busy load. At 1.69 MB, it was filled close to Bitcoin's block weight limit, meaning miners squeezed in about as much activity as the rules allow.
- Block height: 956,516
- 4,111 transactions — a hefty, above-average count
- Block size: 1.69 MB, nearly at the weight ceiling
- Mined at 16:05 UTC on July 3, 2026
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,111
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.69 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,111 transactions+16
- 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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