⚡ Block #961,227
⛏️ NiceHash Packs Block 961227 to the Brim
August 6, 2026 at 01:13 AM UTC
Block 961227, mined by NiceHash, squeezed in 4,121 transactions while filling right up to Bitcoin's block weight limit — an efficient use of space. Despite all that activity, total fees paid were unusually low at just 0.027 BTC, meaning senders got a bargain. NiceHash also left a readable message in the coinbase (the special first transaction every miner writes to claim their reward).
- Mined by: NiceHash
- Transactions: 4,121 — a heavy, well-packed block
- Total fees: 0.027 BTC — notably low for this many transactions
- Median fee rate: ~2 sat/vB (satoshis per virtual byte — a measure of how much each sender paid per unit of block space)
- Block size: 1.62 MB, filled to the weight limit
Coinbase message
left by the miner
˪Å-î=Ú _/NiceHashMining/
The coinbase is the first transaction in a block — miners can embed a short message in it.
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- NiceHash
- Transactions
- 4,121
- Total fees
- 0.027 BTC
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- 2 sat/vB
- Block size
- 1.62 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 45/100
- Heavy block: 4,121 transactions+16
- Unusually low fees: 0.027 BTC+12
- Block mined right up to the weight limit+8
- Notable coinbase message left by the miner+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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