⚡ Block #956,674
📦 Block 956674 Packed to the Brim
17/ 100
July 4, 2026 at 05:07 PM UTC
This block squeezed in 3,631 transactions and pushed right up against Bitcoin's block weight limit — meaning miners filled nearly every byte of available space. It's a sign of healthy demand for block space, like a rush-hour subway car with no seats to spare.
- Block height: 956,674
- Transactions: 3,631 — busier than average
- Block size: 1.63 MB, at the practical weight limit
- Mined on July 4, 2026 at 17:07 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 3,631
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.63 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 17/100
- Busy block: 3,631 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
reward era 5
This block sits 116,674 blocks after the 4th halving and 93,326 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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