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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 21, 2026

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

On October 21, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.33 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 6.00 sat/vB across 288 readings. That is +5% versus October 20, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 19:00–19:59 UTC (2.92 sat/vB).

Average
1.33 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
6.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$83,636

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.118 in the cheapest hour and $0.344 in the most expensive one, a 2.9× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding fee level of 1.28 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 21, 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$0.118$0.157$0.708
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.129$0.172$0.773
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.140$0.186$0.838
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.189$0.252$1.13

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC cheapest1.00
01:00–01:59 UTC1.00
02:00–02:59 UTC1.17
03:00–03:59 UTC1.00
04:00–04:59 UTC1.00
05:00–05:59 UTC1.08
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 UTC1.42
12:00–12:59 UTC1.00
13:00–13:59 UTC1.00
14:00–14:59 UTC2.17
15:00–15:59 UTC2.17
16:00–16:59 UTC1.00
17:00–17:59 UTC1.00
18:00–18:59 UTC2.67
19:00–19:59 UTC priciest2.92
20:00–20:59 UTC1.17
21:00–21:59 UTC1.00
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.33

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