⚡ Block #956,978
📦 Block 956,978 Packed Nearly Every Byte
35/ 100
July 7, 2026 at 02:16 AM UTC
This block squeezed in 5,238 transactions and filled right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit — meaning miners used almost every bit of available space. That kind of efficient packing is less common than you'd think, and it signals healthy demand for block space at this moment in time.
- Block height: 956,978
- 5,238 transactions confirmed in a single block
- Block size: 1.65 MB — filled to the weight limit
- Mined at 02:16 UTC on July 7, 2026
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 5,238
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.65 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 5,238 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
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