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⚑ Block #960,510

πŸ“¦ A Packed Block: 4,681 Transactions Squeeze Into Block 960510

35/ 100

August 1, 2026 at 04:31 AM UTC

Block 960510 arrived in the early hours of August 1st carrying 4,681 transactions β€” well above average β€” and filled right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit. The elevated activity points to likely inscription traffic, where small pieces of data (images, text, or tokens) are embedded directly into transactions on the blockchain.

Block details

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Mining pool
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Transactions
4,681
Total fees
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Subsidy
3.125 BTC
Median fee
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Block size
1.91 MB

Why our analysis flagged it

score 35/100

  • Heavy block: 4,681 transactions+16
  • Elevated on-chain data β€” likely inscription activity+10
  • 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 120,510 blocks after the 4th halving and 89,490 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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