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
6 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
7
sat/vB, highest priority
~1 hour
5
sat/vB
Economy
2
sat/vB, no rush
Mempool
89,474
unconfirmed transactions
Withdrawal watch
4
majors one-way halted
A typical payment right now
| Transaction type | Size | Economy | ~30 min | Next block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taproot (P2TR) | 111 vB | 222 sat $0.18 | 666 sat $0.55 | 777 sat $0.64 |
| Native SegWit (P2WPKH) | 141 vB | 282 sat $0.23 | 846 sat $0.70 | 987 sat $0.81 |
| Nested SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH) | 166 vB | 332 sat $0.27 | 996 sat $0.82 | 1,162 sat $0.96 |
| Legacy (P2PKH) | 226 vB | 452 sat $0.37 | 1,356 sat $1.12 | 1,582 sat $1.31 |
Watch
Withdrawal status: 4 major coins taking deposits but blocking withdrawals
AVAX on KuCoin, ADA on Gate.io, ADA on Bitget, AVAX on HTX. Watching
13,291 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 | $0.0330 | $1.65 | 50× |
| Ethereum ETH | $0.0185 | $0.10 | 5× |
| Litecoin LTC | $0.0005 | $0.06 | 129× |
| Dogecoin DOGE | $0.0097 | $0.34 | 35× |
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 →