⚡ Block #958,470
📦 Block 958,470 Is Packed to the Brim
35/ 100
July 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC
This block is notable for fitting 6,243 transactions into just 1.63 MB — pushing right up against Bitcoin's block weight limit. That means miners (the computers that bundle and confirm transactions) squeezed in nearly everything available, leaving almost no room to spare. It's a snapshot of a busy moment on the network.
- Block height: 958,470
- Mined on July 18, 2026 at 00:29 UTC
- 6,243 transactions confirmed in a single block
- Block size: 1.63 MB — filled close to the weight limit
- One of the more transaction-dense blocks on the chain
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 6,243
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.63 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 6,243 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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This block sits 118,470 blocks after the 4th halving and 91,530 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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