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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 28, 2026

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

On October 28, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.31 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 sat/vB across 285 readings. That is +14% versus October 27, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 17:00–17:59 UTC (3.55 sat/vB).

Average
1.31 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
5.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$80,928

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.114 in the cheapest hour and $0.405 in the most expensive one, a 3.5× 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 28, 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$0.114$0.149$0.571
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.125$0.163$0.623
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.135$0.176$0.676
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.183$0.239$0.914

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 UTC1.17
09:00–09:59 UTC1.00
10:00–10:59 UTC1.00
11:00–11:59 UTC1.00
12:00–12:59 UTC1.00
13:00–13:59 UTC1.00
14:00–14:59 UTC1.00
15:00–15:59 UTC1.36
16:00–16:59 UTC2.33
17:00–17:59 UTC priciest3.55
18:00–18:59 UTC3.50
19:00–19:59 UTC1.00
20:00–20:59 UTC1.00
21:00–21:59 UTC1.58
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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