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Network log for Friday, 23 October 2026

On Friday, 23 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 $0.23 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 24.1 to 27.3 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-22, the next-block rate rose (1 → 2 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 23.9 to 24.8 blocks. 169 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
972,675 3 1 1 25.8 +3.02% $81,331 0.043 gwei
972,686 1 1 1 24.2 +3.49% $81,258 0.039 gwei
972,695 3 1 1 25.6 +3.73% $81,856 0.041 gwei
972,708 2 1 1 24.6 +4.38% $81,968 0.042 gwei
972,714 1 1 1 24.7 +4.29% $81,664 0.039 gwei
972,731 1 1 1 24.1 +4.68% $81,882 0.098 gwei
972,739 1 1 1 24.3 +4.72% $81,771 0.061 gwei
972,749 2 1 1 24.9 +4.91% $81,580 0.062 gwei
972,758 1 1 1 24.2 +5.03% $81,708 0.068 gwei
972,771 1 1 1 24.3 +5.54% $81,666 0.061 gwei
972,778 1 1 1 24.3 +5.47% $81,660 0.125 gwei
972,783 4 1 1 26.0 +5.28% $81,215 0.319 gwei
972,786 5 3 2 27.3 +4.91% $81,567 0.168 gwei
972,797 2 1 1 24.6 +5.27% $81,726 0.120 gwei
972,808 1 1 1 24.1 +5.67% $81,632 0.100 gwei
972,817 1 1 1 24.2 +5.87% $81,504 0.117 gwei
972,825 2 1 1 24.6 +5.98% $81,308 0.112 gwei
972,830 2 1 1 25.2 +5.80% $81,470 0.067 gwei
972,835 1 1 1 24.4 +5.62% $81,370 0.036 gwei
972,844 2 1 1 24.8 +5.80% $80,835 0.113 gwei