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Network log for Saturday, 17 October 2026

On Saturday, 17 October 2026 the log recorded 21 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 3 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.11 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 38.7 to 41.7 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-16, the next-block rate fell (3 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 39.5 to 39.3 blocks. 134 blocks were mined between the first and last reading.

Sea state at the last reading: Storm. Definitions are on the methodology page; today’s live entry is on the front page.

ReadingsUTC

All readings recorded this day

Fee rates in sat/vB; backlog in 1,000,000-vB blocks; prices are Binance USDT spot as a USD proxy
TimeBlockNext1 hEcon.BacklogDiff. est.BTCETH base
971,785 2 1 1 40.1 +1.84% $81,557 0.064 gwei
971,797 1 1 1 39.2 +0.80% $81,462 0.064 gwei
971,806 1 1 1 38.7 +1.30% $81,532 0.065 gwei
971,812 2 1 1 39.9 +0.20% $81,611 0.065 gwei
971,820 1 1 1 38.9 +1.50% $81,600 0.072 gwei
971,827 3 1 1 40.0 +1.25% $81,729 0.074 gwei
971,833 2 1 1 39.5 +1.15% $81,696 0.100 gwei
971,836 3 1 1 41.0 +0.32% $81,743 0.057 gwei
971,843 1 1 1 40.4 +0.08% $81,640 0.050 gwei
971,856 1 1 1 39.4 +1.96% $81,582 0.053 gwei
971,863 2 1 1 39.9 +1.68% $81,478 0.064 gwei
971,871 1 1 1 39.8 +1.99% $81,492 0.067 gwei
971,879 1 1 1 39.4 +2.05% $81,567 0.055 gwei
971,882 3 1 1 41.1 +1.54% $81,316 0.058 gwei
971,891 1 1 1 39.6 +2.18% $81,280 0.057 gwei
971,896 3 1 1 41.3 +1.74% $81,558 0.056 gwei
971,899 3 1 1 41.7 +1.34% $81,571 0.071 gwei
971,905 1 1 1 40.2 +0.89% $81,645 0.048 gwei
971,908 3 1 1 41.0 +0.10% $81,162 0.120 gwei
971,911 3 1 1 41.1 -0.08% $81,410 0.046 gwei
971,919 1 1 1 39.3 +0.39% $81,491 0.049 gwei