⚡ Block #959,302
📦 A Packed Block: 4,194 Transactions Squeezed Right to the Limit
July 23, 2026 at 07:48 PM UTC
Block 959302 is a busy one — it contains 4,194 transactions, which is well above average, and the block is filled almost entirely to Bitcoin's maximum capacity at 1.48 MB. Think of it like a subway car where someone managed to fit in just one more passenger before the doors closed. That kind of efficient packing suggests strong demand for block space at the time it was mined.
- 🔢 Block height: 959,302
- 📊 Transactions: 4,194 — notably above the typical range
- 📦 Block size: 1.48 MB, near the maximum weight limit
- 🕐 Mined at: 19:48 UTC on July 23, 2026
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 4,194
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.48 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 25/100
- Heavy block: 4,194 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 119,302 blocks after the 4th halving and 90,698 blocks before the 5th — 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