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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 23, 2026

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

On October 23, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.22 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 sat/vB across 286 readings. That is -24% versus October 22, 2026. The cheapest hour was 01:00–01:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 14:00–14:59 UTC (3.17 sat/vB).

Average
1.22 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
5.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$81,502

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.115 in the cheapest hour and $0.364 in the most expensive one, a 3.2× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding fee level of 1.31 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 23, 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$0.115$0.140$0.575
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.126$0.153$0.628
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.136$0.166$0.681
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.184$0.224$0.921

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC1.50
01:00–01:59 UTC cheapest1.00
02:00–02:59 UTC1.00
03:00–03:59 UTC1.00
04:00–04:59 UTC1.08
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 UTC1.00
11:00–11:59 UTC1.00
12:00–12:59 UTC1.17
13:00–13:59 UTC1.18
14:00–14:59 UTC priciest3.17
15:00–15:59 UTC2.75
16:00–16:59 UTC1.00
17:00–17:59 UTC1.00
18:00–18:59 UTC1.00
19:00–19:59 UTC1.00
20:00–20:59 UTC1.00
21:00–21:59 UTC1.33
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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