Is now a good time to send bitcoin?
What it actually costs to move bitcoin, and when it is cheapest. Updated continuously from live mempool data and 92 days of fee history.
Expensive
5 sat/vB
to confirm within ~30 minutes · cheaper than 1% of the last 90 days
Fees are in the top quarter of the last 90 days. Wait if the payment is not urgent.
Next block
5
sat/vB, highest priority
~1 hour
5
sat/vB
Economy
2
sat/vB, no rush
Mempool
61,995
unconfirmed transactions
Withdrawal watch
2
majors one-way halted
A typical payment right now
| Transaction type | Size | Economy | ~30 min | Next block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taproot (P2TR) | 111 vB | 222 sat $0.17 | 555 sat $0.43 | 555 sat $0.43 |
| Native SegWit (P2WPKH) | 141 vB | 282 sat $0.22 | 705 sat $0.54 | 705 sat $0.54 |
| Nested SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH) | 166 vB | 332 sat $0.25 | 830 sat $0.64 | 830 sat $0.64 |
| Legacy (P2PKH) | 226 vB | 452 sat $0.35 | 1,130 sat $0.87 | 1,130 sat $0.87 |
Watch
Withdrawal status: 2 major coins taking deposits but blocking withdrawals
AVAX on KuCoin, AVAX on HTX. Watching
13,453 coin/chain/exchange pairs continuously — exchanges publish the current state but keep no
history, so we keep it.
Cost by chain
| Chain | Median network fee | Cheapest withdrawal | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin BTC | $0.0292 | $1.53 | 53× |
| Ethereum ETH | $0.0128 | $0.10 | 8× |
| Litecoin LTC | $0.0004 | $0.05 | 142× |
| Dogecoin DOGE | $0.0153 | $0.29 | 19× |
The short answer on timing
Across the last 92 days, Sunday was the cheapest day to broadcast (1.00 sat/vB on average) and Friday the most expensive (1.72 sat/vB). By hour, 04:00 UTC was cheapest and 19:00 UTC dearest.
See the full weekday and hour breakdown →