⚡ Block #956,980
📦 Block 956980 Is Stuffed to the Brim
35/ 100
July 7, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC
This block squeezed in 5,719 transactions and filled right up to Bitcoin's weight limit — meaning miners packed it as efficiently as possible. A fuller block generally signals busy network activity, with many pending transactions competing to get confirmed.
- Block height: 956,980
- Transactions: 5,719 — a notably high count
- Block size: 1.55 MB, right at the weight limit
- Mined at: 02:28 UTC on July 7, 2026
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 5,719
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.55 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 5,719 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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