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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 22, 2026

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

On October 22, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.60 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 sat/vB across 288 readings. That is +20% versus October 21, 2026. The cheapest hour was 03:00–03:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 00:00–00:59 UTC (3.25 sat/vB).

Average
1.60 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
5.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$82,044

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.116 in the cheapest hour and $0.376 in the most expensive one, a 3.3× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding fee level of 1.31 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 22, 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$0.185$0.578
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.126$0.202$0.632
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.137$0.219$0.685
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.185$0.297$0.927

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC priciest3.25
01:00–01:59 UTC2.67
02:00–02:59 UTC1.25
03:00–03:59 UTC cheapest1.00
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 UTC1.33
11:00–11:59 UTC1.00
12:00–12:59 UTC2.08
13:00–13:59 UTC3.00
14:00–14:59 UTC2.50
15:00–15:59 UTC2.75
16:00–16:59 UTC2.83
17:00–17:59 UTC1.17
18:00–18:59 UTC1.58
19:00–19:59 UTC1.00
20:00–20:59 UTC1.67
21:00–21:59 UTC1.33
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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