Block Sizes Exceeding 3 MB Now Common on Bitcoin Blockchain as Ordinal Inscription Demand Rises

Since Luxor, a bitcoin mining pool, mined a record-setting 3.96 MB block (#774,628) on the Bitcoin blockchain, block sizes have been larger than they were prior to that block height in the past 12 days. Statistics show that blocks larger than 3 MB are now quite common, and demand for Ordinal inscriptions has risen as they have surpassed 65,000 this weekend. Sustained Use of Blocks Larger Than 3 MB Continues on the Bitcoin Blockchain Observers saw history made on Feb. 1, 2023, when Luxor mined the largest block in the Bitcoin blockchain. The record-breaking block (#774,628), measuring 3.96 MB, surpassed