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Data / Median confirmation time / 2026
How long the median transaction waited to be confirmed, in minutes.
Median confirmation time opened 2026 at 11.1 min (January 1, 2026) and closed at 9.6 min (September 21, 2026), down 13.7%. The high was 15.5 min on July 22, 2026 and the low 6.0 min on February 15, 2026.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2026 | 9.3 min |
| February 2026 | 11.3 min |
| March 2026 | 10.9 min |
| April 2026 | 9.5 min |
| May 2026 | 13.9 min |
| June 2026 | 11.3 min |
| July 2026 | 9.9 min |
| August 2026 | 11.4 min |
| September 2026 | 9.6 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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Also in 2026: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Miner prices per terahash · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price