⚡ Block #957,696
📦 A Fully Loaded Block Squeezes In 5,755 Transactions
35/ 100
July 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC
Block 957696 is a busy one — it packed 5,755 transactions into 1.53 MB, pushing right up against the block weight limit. Think of the weight limit as the maximum cargo a block can carry; miners fill blocks as close to that ceiling as possible to collect the most fees. It's a sign of healthy demand for block space.
- Block height: 957,696
- Transactions: 5,755 — notably high
- Block size: 1.53 MB, near the weight limit
- Mined on July 12, 2026 at 11:21 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 5,755
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.53 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 5,755 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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