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
3 sat/vB
to confirm within ~30 minutes · cheaper than 11% 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
4
sat/vB, highest priority
~1 hour
1
sat/vB
Economy
1
sat/vB, no rush
Mempool
62,809
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 | 333 sat $0.26 | 444 sat $0.35 |
| Native SegWit (P2WPKH) | 141 vB | 141 sat $0.11 | 423 sat $0.33 | 564 sat $0.44 |
| Nested SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH) | 166 vB | 166 sat $0.13 | 498 sat $0.39 | 664 sat $0.52 |
| Legacy (P2PKH) | 226 vB | 226 sat $0.18 | 678 sat $0.53 | 904 sat $0.71 |
Watch
Withdrawal status: 2 major coins taking deposits but blocking withdrawals
AVAX on KuCoin, AVAX on HTX. Watching
13,435 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 | $0.0126 | $1.58 | 125× |
| Ethereum ETH | $0.0113 | $0.10 | 9× |
| Litecoin LTC | $0.0004 | $0.06 | 139× |
| Dogecoin DOGE | $0.0069 | $0.31 | 44× |
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 →