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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 30, 2026

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

On October 30, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.97 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 7.00 sat/vB across 284 readings. That is +30% versus October 29, 2026. The cheapest hour was 04:00–04:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 14:00–14:59 UTC (4.58 sat/vB).

Average
1.97 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
7.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$77,380

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.109 in the cheapest hour and $0.500 in the most expensive one, a 4.6× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding fee level of 1.35 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 30, 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$0.109$0.215$0.764
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.119$0.235$0.834
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.129$0.254$0.905
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.175$0.344$1.22

Hour by hour (UTC)

HourAvg sat/vBRelative
00:00–00:59 UTC2.73
01:00–01:59 UTC1.25
02:00–02:59 UTC1.92
03:00–03:59 UTC1.67
04:00–04:59 UTC cheapest1.00
05:00–05:59 UTC1.83
06:00–06:59 UTC1.92
07:00–07:59 UTC1.50
08:00–08:59 UTC1.75
09:00–09:59 UTC1.00
10:00–10:59 UTC1.00
11:00–11:59 UTC1.00
12:00–12:59 UTC2.00
13:00–13:59 UTC2.25
14:00–14:59 UTC priciest4.58
15:00–15:59 UTC4.17
16:00–16:59 UTC3.42
17:00–17:59 UTC4.58
18:00–18:59 UTC2.33
19:00–19:59 UTC1.00
20:00–20:59 UTC1.18
21:00–21:59 UTC1.00
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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