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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 20, 2026

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

On October 20, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.27 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 sat/vB across 288 readings. That is -2% versus October 19, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 16:00–16:59 UTC (2.67 sat/vB).

Average
1.27 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
5.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$82,062

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.116 in the cheapest hour and $0.309 in the most expensive one, a 2.7× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding fee level of 1.25 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 20, 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$0.116$0.147$0.579
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.126$0.160$0.632
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.137$0.174$0.685
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.185$0.235$0.927

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC cheapest1.00
01:00–01:59 UTC1.00
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 UTC1.92
11:00–11:59 UTC1.17
12:00–12:59 UTC1.00
13:00–13:59 UTC1.17
14:00–14:59 UTC2.00
15:00–15:59 UTC1.67
16:00–16:59 UTC priciest2.67
17:00–17:59 UTC1.00
18:00–18:59 UTC1.17
19:00–19:59 UTC2.33
20:00–20:59 UTC1.17
21:00–21:59 UTC1.17
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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