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Network log for Sunday, 18 October 2026

On Sunday, 18 October 2026 the log recorded 22 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 3 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.12 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 24.6 to 41.0 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-17, the next-block rate was unchanged (1 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 39.3 to 24.6 blocks. 149 blocks were mined between the first and last reading.

Sea state at the last reading: Rough. 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
971,927 1 1 1 39.0 -0.05% $81,609 0.042 gwei
971,930 3 1 1 40.5 -1.05% $81,668 0.045 gwei
971,938 2 1 1 39.5 -1.36% $81,929 0.043 gwei
971,943 3 1 1 39.9 -1.54% $81,908 0.039 gwei
971,951 1 1 1 38.8 -2.23% $81,775 0.042 gwei
971,952 3 1 1 41.0 -3.18% $81,701 0.041 gwei
971,957 2 1 1 40.3 -2.82% $81,714 0.040 gwei
971,961 2 1 1 40.0 -3.21% $81,747 0.045 gwei
971,970 1 1 1 38.2 -2.97% $82,202 0.040 gwei
971,983 1 1 1 36.8 -1.90% $82,140 0.040 gwei
971,990 1 1 1 35.5 -0.89% $82,026 0.050 gwei
971,995 1 1 1 35.3 -1.34% $81,983 0.049 gwei
972,002 1 1 1 33.5 -1.10% $81,315 0.160 gwei
972,013 1 1 1 30.3 -0.58% $81,220 0.058 gwei
972,022 1 1 1 31.2 -0.24% $81,158 0.060 gwei
972,030 1 1 1 28.9 +0.41% $81,207 0.063 gwei
972,036 1 1 1 32.7 -0.13% $81,125 0.041 gwei
972,044 1 1 1 32.0 -0.29% $81,020 0.054 gwei
972,053 2 1 1 28.8 -0.04% $80,912 0.052 gwei
972,061 1 1 1 26.8 +0.13% $81,082 0.043 gwei
972,068 1 1 1 26.5 -0.60% $81,758 0.050 gwei
972,076 1 1 1 24.6 -0.60% $82,054 0.041 gwei