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Miner revenue per transaction

Total miner revenue divided by the number of transactions confirmed that day.

$62 on Sep 20, 2026, against $118 a year earlier.

What the network paid its miners, per transaction it processed. Almost all of it is the block subsidy rather than the fee the user paid, which is why the figure tracks the bitcoin price rather than fees.

Miner revenue per transaction, month by month

Month	Miner revenue per transaction
2025-10	$106
2025-11	$93
2025-12	$93
2026-01	$88
2026-02	$67
2026-03	$55
2026-04	$76
2026-05	$46
2026-06	$46
2026-07	$51
2026-08	$53
2026-09	$62

Questions

What is miner revenue per transaction today?

$62 as of September 21, 2026.

How has it changed over the past year?

A year ago it was $116; today it is $62, a change of -46.6%.

What is the highest miner revenue per transaction on record?

$300, on May 2, 2021.

How is this chart calculated?

What the network paid its miners, per transaction it processed. Almost all of it is the block subsidy rather than the fee the user paid, which is why the figure tracks the bitcoin price rather than fees.

By year

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Updated daily. Latest data 2026-09-22.

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