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Network log for Thursday, 22 October 2026

On Thursday, 22 October 2026 the log recorded 21 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 6 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.11 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 23.9 to 30.1 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-21, the next-block rate fell (2 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 25.7 to 23.9 blocks. 125 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
972,547 4 1 1 27.2 +5.71% $84,251 0.040 gwei
972,551 2 1 1 27.1 +5.31% $84,118 0.063 gwei
972,555 3 1 1 26.6 +4.95% $82,961 0.038 gwei
972,563 1 1 1 24.4 +5.09% $82,932 0.045 gwei
972,568 1 1 1 25.6 +4.81% $82,870 0.089 gwei
972,579 1 1 1 25.0 +5.32% $82,826 0.085 gwei
972,587 2 1 1 25.7 +4.63% $82,176 0.190 gwei
972,599 1 1 1 24.8 +5.19% $81,925 0.151 gwei
972,603 1 1 1 25.5 +4.86% $82,083 0.111 gwei
972,612 2 1 1 25.1 +5.11% $81,873 0.188 gwei
972,615 3 1 1 26.9 +4.67% $81,714 0.172 gwei
972,618 3 1 1 28.1 +4.17% $81,728 0.344 gwei
972,623 4 1 1 28.0 +3.97% $81,837 1.427 gwei
972,626 6 4 2 30.1 +3.55% $81,651 0.287 gwei
972,634 3 1 1 27.0 +3.69% $81,288 0.687 gwei
972,640 4 1 1 27.2 +3.61% $81,080 0.235 gwei
972,646 2 1 1 26.0 +3.52% $81,337 0.215 gwei
972,656 2 1 1 24.6 +3.88% $81,435 0.161 gwei
972,660 1 1 1 24.4 +3.58% $81,532 0.115 gwei
972,664 2 1 1 24.6 +3.29% $81,367 0.068 gwei
972,672 1 1 1 23.9 +3.43% $81,338 0.038 gwei