⚡ Block #956,316
⛏️ A Solo Miner Packs Block 956316 to the Brim
35/ 100
July 2, 2026 at 05:33 AM UTC
Block 956316 was mined by an unknown solo miner — a rare sight in an era dominated by large mining pools. They filled it nearly to the weight limit with 4,310 transactions, making it one of the heavier blocks you'll see. Curiously, the total fees collected round to zero BTC, which is unusual for a block this busy.
- Miner: unknown / solo miner (not a recognized pool)
- Transactions: 4,310 — a notably high count
- Block size: 1.47 MB, packed close to the 4 MB weight limit
- Total fees collected: 0.000 BTC
- Mined: July 2, 2026 at 05:33 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,310
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.47 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Heavy block: 4,310 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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