Daily entry2026-10-284 reading(s)

Network log for Wednesday, 28 October 2026

On Wednesday, 28 October 2026 the log recorded 4 readings. The next-block fee rate ranged from 1 to 2 sat/vB; at the last reading a typical SegWit payment cost about $0.11 for the next block, and the mempool backlog ranged from 19.8 to 20.3 blocks.

Compared with the last reading on 2026-10-27, the next-block rate was unchanged (1 → 1 sat/vB) and the backlog went from 19.9 to 20.3 blocks. 16 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
Time	Block	Next	1 h	Econ.	Backlog	Diff. est.	BTC	ETH base
00:21 UTC	973,473	1	1	1	19.8	+6.50%	$80,760	0.062 gwei
01:22 UTC	973,478	2	1	1	20.2	+6.41%	$80,814	0.045 gwei
02:23 UTC	973,485	2	1	1	20.0	+6.44%	$81,011	0.074 gwei
03:24 UTC	973,489	1	1	1	20.3	+6.29%	$80,975	0.043 gwei