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
81,358
unconfirmed transactions
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.
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 →