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.
Cheap
1 sat/vB
to confirm within ~30 minutes · cheaper than 93% of the last 90 days
Fees are in the bottom quarter of the last 90 days. Good time to move coins or consolidate.
Next block
1
sat/vB, highest priority
~1 hour
1
sat/vB
Economy
1
sat/vB, no rush
Mempool
81,719
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 | 111 sat $0.09 | 111 sat $0.09 | 111 sat $0.09 |
| Native SegWit (P2WPKH) | 141 vB | 141 sat $0.11 | 141 sat $0.11 | 141 sat $0.11 |
| Nested SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH) | 166 vB | 166 sat $0.13 | 166 sat $0.13 | 166 sat $0.13 |
| Legacy (P2PKH) | 226 vB | 226 sat $0.18 | 226 sat $0.18 | 226 sat $0.18 |
All priority tiers are the same right now. The mempool is close to empty, so a transaction paying the
1 sat/vB relay minimum is likely to confirm about as fast as one paying more. Paying above this rate buys nothing until
the backlog returns.
Watch
Withdrawal status: 2 major coins taking deposits but blocking withdrawals
AVAX on KuCoin, AVAX on HTX. Watching
8,013 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 | $0.0394 | $3.94 | 100× |
| Ethereum ETH | $0.0087 | $1.25 | 143× |
| Litecoin LTC | $0.0005 | $0.05 | 106× |
| Dogecoin DOGE | $0.0017 | $0.35 | 211× |
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 →