⚡ Block #960,556
📦 Block 960556 Arrives Stuffed to the Brim
35/ 100
August 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC
This block packed in 6,305 transactions and filled right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit — the cap on how much data a single block can carry. That kind of density is worth a look: miners are efficiently using every bit of space available, which tends to happen when demand for block space is running high.
- Block height: 960,556
- Transactions: 6,305 — notably above the typical range
- Block size: 1.83 MB, essentially at the weight limit
- Mined on August 1, 2026 at 11:16 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 6,305
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.83 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 6,305 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
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This block sits 120,556 blocks after the 4th halving and 89,444 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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