⚡ Block #957,235
📦 Block 957235 Arrives Packed to the Rafters
25/ 100
July 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC
This block squeezed in 4,054 transactions and filled right up to Bitcoin's weight limit — the cap on how much data one block can carry. That kind of efficient packing is worth a second look, even if it's not setting any all-time records.
- Block height: 957,235
- 4,054 transactions confirmed in a single block
- Block size: 1.64 MB — right at the weight limit
- Mined on July 8, 2026 at 23:20 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 4,054
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.64 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,054 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 117,235 blocks after the 4th halving and 92,765 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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