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Network log for Tuesday, 20 October 2026

On Tuesday, 20 October 2026 the log recorded 20 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 4 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.12 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 23.9 to 26.3 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-19, the next-block rate was unchanged (1 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 23.1 to 24.6 blocks. 156 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
972,234 3 1 1 25.8 +3.43% $81,619 0.103 gwei
972,241 1 1 1 24.2 +3.48% $81,764 0.135 gwei
972,249 1 1 1 25.0 +3.73% $81,821 0.172 gwei
972,259 1 1 1 25.1 +4.15% $82,152 0.092 gwei
972,267 1 1 1 25.3 +4.28% $81,992 0.059 gwei
972,277 2 1 1 25.4 +4.68% $81,854 0.044 gwei
972,294 2 1 1 25.3 +5.28% $81,458 0.040 gwei
972,303 4 1 1 26.3 +5.59% $81,540 0.039 gwei
972,308 2 1 1 26.0 +5.22% $81,638 0.064 gwei
972,322 1 1 1 23.9 +6.32% $81,648 0.105 gwei
972,331 3 1 1 26.1 +6.67% $81,406 0.120 gwei
972,341 4 1 1 25.7 +7.08% $83,272 2.244 gwei
972,350 4 1 1 25.5 +7.27% $82,521 0.446 gwei
972,355 4 1 1 25.4 +6.95% $82,808 0.294 gwei
972,362 1 1 1 25.7 +7.12% $82,729 0.331 gwei
972,366 4 1 1 26.2 +6.48% $82,533 0.151 gwei
972,372 3 1 1 25.4 +6.33% $82,653 0.195 gwei
972,379 1 1 1 24.6 +6.34% $82,975 0.135 gwei
972,385 3 1 1 25.0 +6.20% $83,097 0.098 gwei
972,390 1 1 1 24.6 +5.90% $82,920 0.052 gwei