⚡ Block #961,139
📦 A Very Full Block: 5,507 Transactions Packed In Tight
35/ 100
August 5, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
Block 961139 is notably busy, carrying 5,507 transactions and filling right up to the block weight limit — the maximum amount of data Bitcoin allows in a single block. That means miners squeezed in nearly everything they could, leaving almost no room to spare.
- Block height: 961,139
- Transactions: 5,507 — well above the typical average
- Block size: 1.58 MB, right at the weight limit
- Mined on August 5, 2026 at 09:17 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 5,507
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.58 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 5,507 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
reward era 5
This block sits 121,139 blocks after the 4th halving and 88,861 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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