⚡ Block #957,226
📦 Block 957226 Arrives Packed to the Rafters
25/ 100
July 8, 2026 at 09:36 PM UTC
This block is notable for how thoroughly it was filled — 4,354 transactions squeezed into 1.63 MB, right up against Bitcoin's block weight limit. Think of the weight limit like a bus that only holds so many passengers; this one was standing room only.
- Block height: 957,226
- 4,354 transactions confirmed in a single block
- Block size: 1.63 MB — mined near the maximum weight limit
- Mined at 21:36 UTC on July 8, 2026
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,354
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.63 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,354 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 117,226 blocks after the 4th halving and 92,774 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
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