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Data / Median confirmation time / 2013
How long the median transaction waited to be confirmed, in minutes.
Median confirmation time opened 2013 at 10.1 min (January 1, 2013) and closed at 7.3 min (December 31, 2013), down 27.4%. The high was 13.2 min on January 18, 2013 and the low 4.6 min on September 2, 2013.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2013 | 6.5 min |
| February 2013 | 8.3 min |
| March 2013 | 7.7 min |
| April 2013 | 7.8 min |
| May 2013 | 7.0 min |
| June 2013 | 8.9 min |
| July 2013 | 6.3 min |
| August 2013 | 6.5 min |
| September 2013 | 6.5 min |
| October 2013 | 5.7 min |
| November 2013 | 9.1 min |
| December 2013 | 7.3 min |
The time from a transaction being seen to it landing in a block, for the median transaction that paid a fee. It sits near the ten-minute block time when the mempool is clear and stretches to hours when it is not.
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