⚡ Block #960,553
📦 Block 960,553 Is Packed to the Rafters
27/ 100
August 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC
This block squeezed in 3,721 transactions and filled right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit — the maximum amount of data allowed in a single block. On-chain signals suggest inscription activity may be part of why it's so full; inscriptions are a way of embedding data like images or text directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain.
- Block height: 960,553 — mined August 1, 2026 at 11:02 UTC
- 3,721 transactions packed into a single block
- Block size: 2.08 MB, reaching the block weight limit
- Elevated on-chain data consistent with inscription activity
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 3,721
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 2.08 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 27/100
- Elevated on-chain data — likely inscription activity+10
- Busy block: 3,721 transactions+8
- 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.
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