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Network log for Monday, 19 October 2026

On Monday, 19 October 2026 the log recorded 20 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 5 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.12 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 23.1 to 29.0 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-18, the next-block rate was unchanged (1 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 24.6 to 23.1 blocks. 145 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
972,083 1 1 1 24.4 -0.93% $82,364 0.042 gwei
972,091 1 1 1 25.9 -0.12% $82,430 0.047 gwei
972,102 1 1 1 24.7 +0.60% $82,645 0.044 gwei
972,108 2 1 1 27.2 -1.53% $82,722 0.037 gwei
972,113 2 1 1 28.0 -1.66% $82,817 0.033 gwei
972,118 4 1 1 29.0 -2.23% $82,668 0.047 gwei
972,127 1 1 1 26.1 -1.12% $82,963 0.044 gwei
972,134 1 1 1 24.6 -0.03% $82,181 0.081 gwei
972,137 3 1 1 26.6 -0.67% $82,270 0.048 gwei
972,144 2 1 1 25.9 -0.38% $82,570 0.060 gwei
972,155 3 1 1 26.1 +0.17% $82,192 0.213 gwei
972,172 1 1 1 24.5 +2.44% $82,288 0.276 gwei
972,175 5 1 1 26.9 +1.39% $81,960 0.163 gwei
972,184 3 1 1 26.2 +1.78% $81,928 0.271 gwei
972,188 4 1 1 27.2 +1.52% $82,028 0.137 gwei
972,196 3 1 1 26.2 +2.58% $81,988 0.254 gwei
972,201 4 3 2 27.5 +2.36% $82,010 0.178 gwei
972,215 1 1 1 24.5 +3.77% $82,058 0.108 gwei
972,218 2 1 1 25.4 +3.01% $82,105 0.049 gwei
972,228 1 1 1 23.1 +3.68% $82,078 0.067 gwei