⚡ Block #961,140
📦 Block 961140 Is Stuffed to the Brim
35/ 100
August 5, 2026 at 09:20 AM UTC
This block is packed with 6,296 transactions and filled almost completely to Bitcoin's weight limit — meaning miners squeezed in as many transfers as the protocol allows. A full block like this suggests strong demand for block space at the time it was mined.
- Block height: 961,140
- Transactions: 6,296 — a notably busy block
- Block size: 1.71 MB, right at the practical limit
- Mined on August 5, 2026 at 09:20 UTC
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- —
- Transactions
- 6,296
- Total fees
- —
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- —
- Block size
- 1.71 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 35/100
- Packed block: 6,296 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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