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⚑ Block #959,301

πŸ“¦ Block 959,301 Is Stuffed to the Brim

35/ 100

July 23, 2026 at 07:33 PM UTC

This block is packed with 5,248 transactions and fills right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit β€” meaning miners squeezed in nearly as many transactions as the rules allow. It's a snapshot of a busy moment on the network, with demand for block space running high.

Block details

from mempool.space

Mining pool
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Transactions
5,248
Total fees
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Subsidy
3.125 BTC
Median fee
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Block size
1.61 MB

Why our analysis flagged it

score 35/100

  • Packed block: 5,248 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

reward era 5

This block sits 119,301 blocks after the 4th halving and 90,699 blocks before the 5th β€” Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.

  • 2012-11-281st halving14y before this block
  • 2016-07-092nd halving10y before this block
  • 2017-12-172017 ATH (~$19.5k)9y before this block
  • 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
  • 2021-11-102021 ATH (~$69k)5y before this block
  • 2024-03-142024 ATH (~$73k)2y before this block
  • 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block
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