⚡ Block #956,982
📦 Block 956982 Is Stuffed to the Brim
35/ 100
July 7, 2026 at 02:46 AM UTC
This block is notable for how efficiently it was packed — 6,282 transactions crammed into 1.67 MB, right up against Bitcoin's block weight limit. Think of a block like a shipping container: this one left almost no empty space. That kind of density is a sign of real demand for block space.
- Block height: 956,982
- 6,282 transactions included — a notably high count
- Block size: 1.67 MB, filled to the weight limit
- Mined on July 7, 2026 at 02:46 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 6,282
- Total fees
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- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.67 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 6,282 transactions+26
- 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 116,982 blocks after the 4th halving and 93,018 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block