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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 29, 2026

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

On October 29, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.52 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 sat/vB across 285 readings. That is +16% versus October 28, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 13:00–13:59 UTC (3.33 sat/vB).

Average
1.52 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
5.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$80,176

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.113 in the cheapest hour and $0.377 in the most expensive one, a 3.3× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding fee level of 1.24 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 29, 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$0.113$0.172$0.565
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.123$0.188$0.617
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.134$0.203$0.669
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.181$0.275$0.906

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 UTC1.64
08:00–08:59 UTC1.00
09:00–09:59 UTC1.08
10:00–10:59 UTC1.42
11:00–11:59 UTC1.75
12:00–12:59 UTC1.00
13:00–13:59 UTC priciest3.33
14:00–14:59 UTC2.17
15:00–15:59 UTC1.00
16:00–16:59 UTC1.17
17:00–17:59 UTC1.00
18:00–18:59 UTC1.83
19:00–19:59 UTC3.17
20:00–20:59 UTC1.67
21:00–21:59 UTC1.00
22:00–22:59 UTC2.08
23:00–23:59 UTC3.08

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