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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 13, 2026

Tuesday · Final daily report · Source: GasNow recordings every five minutes

On October 13, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.14 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 4.00 sat/vB across 284 readings. That is -21% versus October 12, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 18:00–18:59 UTC (2.45 sat/vB).

Average
1.14 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
4.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$83,188

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.117 in the cheapest hour and $0.288 in the most expensive one, a 2.5× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding fee level of 1.33 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 13, 2026

What common transactions cost at the day's lowest, average and highest fee rate, using the day's average BTC price.

TransactionAt lowAt averageAt high
Native SegWit (bc1q…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.117$0.134$0.469
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.128$0.147$0.512
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.139$0.159$0.556
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.188$0.215$0.752

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC cheapest1.00
01:00–01:59 UTC1.33
02:00–02:59 UTC1.00
03:00–03:59 UTC1.00
04:00–04:59 UTC1.00
05:00–05:59 UTC1.00
06:00–06:59 UTC1.00
07:00–07:59 UTC1.00
08:00–08:59 UTC1.00
09:00–09:59 UTC1.00
10:00–10:59 UTC1.25
11:00–11:59 UTC1.67
12:00–12:59 UTC1.00
13:00–13:59 UTC1.00
14:00–14:59 UTC1.00
15:00–15:59 UTC1.00
16:00–16:59 UTC1.00
17:00–17:59 UTC1.67
18:00–18:59 UTC priciest2.45
19:00–19:59 UTC1.00
20:00–20:59 UTC1.00
21:00–21:59 UTC1.00
22:00–22:59 UTC1.17
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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