⚡ Block #960,555
📦 Block 960,555 Packed to the Brim
17/ 100
August 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
This block landed with nearly 4,000 transactions squeezed into 1.78 MB — right up against Bitcoin's block weight limit. When a block fills to capacity like this, it's a sign of genuine demand for block space, with miners selecting transactions to make the most of every available byte.
- 3,975 transactions confirmed in a single block
- Block size: 1.78 MB, at the weight limit
- Mined on August 1, 2026 at 11:15 UTC
- Transaction count runs slightly above recent averages
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 3,975
- Total fees
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- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.78 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 17/100
- Busy block: 3,975 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.
This day in Bitcoin history
reward era 5
This block sits 120,555 blocks after the 4th halving and 89,445 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block