Block Statistics

Block count per day hovers around 144 (one per ten minutes) with drift from difficulty lag — sustained deviations reveal hash rate shocks between difficulty adjustments. Average block size shows how full blocks run.

Block size tells the demand story in slow motion: the climb to the 1MB wall (2016-17), SegWit's effective-size relief, and the 2023+ inscription era pinning blocks near capacity. Full blocks plus rising fees = real block-space demand.