⚡ Block #956,517
📦 A Packed Block: 4,258 Transactions Squeezed In
25/ 100
July 3, 2026 at 04:16 PM UTC
Block 956517 arrived stuffed with 4,258 transactions — well above the typical load — and filled right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit, meaning miners left virtually no room to spare. Think of it like a delivery truck that was loaded so carefully, not a single extra package could fit. That kind of efficiency is worth a second look.
- Block height: 956,517
- Mined on July 3, 2026 at 16:16 UTC
- 4,258 transactions included in this block
- Block size: 1.62 MB — filled to the weight limit
- Above-average transaction count for a single block
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,258
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.62 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,258 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.
This day in Bitcoin history
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