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Network log for Wednesday, 21 October 2026

On Wednesday, 21 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 $0.24 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 23.6 to 27.0 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-20, the next-block rate rose (1 → 2 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 24.6 to 25.7 blocks. 150 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
972,396 2 1 1 24.8 +5.76% $83,186 0.043 gwei
972,413 1 1 1 24.3 +5.22% $82,826 0.041 gwei
972,420 2 1 1 25.4 +5.24% $82,777 0.042 gwei
972,426 1 1 1 24.0 +5.12% $82,672 0.029 gwei
972,433 2 1 1 25.1 +5.15% $82,818 0.034 gwei
972,440 1 1 1 26.0 +5.17% $83,149 0.046 gwei
972,450 1 1 1 24.9 +5.62% $83,513 0.044 gwei
972,455 2 1 1 26.6 +5.36% $83,302 0.047 gwei
972,465 1 1 1 23.6 +5.80% $83,476 0.048 gwei
972,477 1 1 1 25.0 +6.51% $83,621 0.095 gwei
972,483 2 1 1 24.9 +6.39% $83,462 0.214 gwei
972,488 4 1 1 27.0 +6.12% $84,112 0.701 gwei
972,496 2 1 1 25.8 +6.27% $84,513 0.399 gwei
972,507 1 1 1 25.2 +6.82% $84,632 0.349 gwei
972,514 4 1 1 26.5 +6.83% $84,676 0.156 gwei
972,518 2 1 1 26.7 +6.44% $84,424 0.202 gwei
972,522 3 1 1 26.8 +6.06% $84,540 0.106 gwei
972,532 1 1 1 25.5 +6.46% $84,714 0.078 gwei
972,542 1 1 1 25.6 +6.86% $84,756 0.198 gwei
972,546 2 1 1 25.7 +6.48% $84,332 0.651 gwei