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Bitcoin Transaction Fees on October 31, 2026

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

On October 31, 2026, the standard Bitcoin fee rate averaged 1.20 sat/vB, ranging from 1.00 to 4.00 sat/vB across 284 readings. That is -39% versus October 30, 2026. The cheapest hour was 00:00–00:59 UTC (1.00 sat/vB) and the most expensive was 13:00–13:59 UTC (2.58 sat/vB).

Average
1.20 sat/vB
Low
1.00 sat/vB
High
4.00 sat/vB
BTC price (avg)
$77,391

Timing mattered: a typical SegWit payment (≈141 vB) cost about $0.109 in the cheapest hour and $0.282 in the most expensive one, a 2.6× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding fee level of 1.36 sat/vB (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 31, 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$0.131$0.436
Taproot (bc1p…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.119$0.144$0.477
Nested SegWit (3…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.129$0.156$0.517
Legacy (1…), 1 input, 2 outputs$0.175$0.211$0.700

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 UTC1.00
09:00–09:59 UTC1.00
10:00–10:59 UTC1.00
11:00–11:59 UTC1.50
12:00–12:59 UTC1.17
13:00–13:59 UTC priciest2.58
14:00–14:59 UTC1.67
15:00–15:59 UTC1.00
16:00–16:59 UTC1.36
17:00–17:59 UTC1.00
18:00–18:59 UTC1.92
19:00–19:59 UTC1.33
20:00–20:59 UTC1.00
21:00–21:59 UTC1.36
22:00–22:59 UTC1.00
23:00–23:59 UTC1.00

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