⚡ Block #956,518
📦 A Packed Block: 4,210 Transactions Squeezed Right to the Limit
25/ 100
July 3, 2026 at 04:22 PM UTC
Block 956518 is a busy one — it holds 4,210 transactions, which is notably high for a single block. At 1.62 MB, it's packed almost to Bitcoin's maximum block weight, meaning miners fit in as much activity as the rules allow. Think of it like a subway car where every last seat and standing spot is taken.
- Block height: 956,518
- Transactions: 4,210 — well above a typical block
- Block size: 1.62 MB, pushing close to the weight limit
- Mined on July 3, 2026 at 16:22 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 4,210
- Total fees
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- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.62 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,210 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
reward era 5
This block sits 116,518 blocks after the 4th halving and 93,482 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
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