⚡ Block #957,236
📦 Block 957236 Packed to the Brim with 3,731 Transactions
17/ 100
July 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
This block caught our eye for being genuinely busy — 3,731 transactions were squeezed in, and miners filled it almost entirely to Bitcoin's block weight limit. Think of the weight limit like a box with a strict size cap; this one was packed nearly full.
- Block height: 957,236
- 3,731 transactions included
- Block size: 1.71 MB — right up against the weight limit
- Mined at: July 8, 2026 at 23:38 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 3,731
- Total fees
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- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.71 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 17/100
- Busy block: 3,731 transactions+8
- 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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