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Bitcoin fee estimator

Right now the next block needs about 1 sat/vB — roughly $0.1225 for a typical payment. Updated 1 minute ago.

Next block

1sat/vB

≈ $0.1225 · ~10 minutes

Within 30 minutes

0.61sat/vB

≈ $0.0756 · ~3 blocks

Within an hour

0.34sat/vB

≈ $0.0426 · ~6 blocks

Economy

0.2sat/vB

≈ $0.0252 · hours to a day

Wallets that only accept whole numbers: pay 1 sat/vB for the next block, 1 for 30 minutes, 1 for an hour.

What a transaction costs

Common transaction shapes at each target.

TransactionSizeNext blockWithin 30 minutesWithin an hourEconomy
Native SegWit payment1 input, 2 outputs141 vB$0.1225141 sats$0.075687 sats$0.042649 sats$0.025229 sats
Taproot payment1 input, 2 outputs154 vB$0.1338154 sats$0.082695 sats$0.046153 sats$0.026931 sats
Nested SegWit payment1 input, 2 outputs166 vB$0.1442166 sats$0.0895103 sats$0.049557 sats$0.029534 sats
Legacy payment1 input, 2 outputs226 vB$0.1964226 sats$0.1208139 sats$0.067878 sats$0.0446 sats
Consolidation10 SegWit inputs into 1722 vB$0.6274722 sats$0.3867445 sats$0.2146247 sats$0.126145 sats

Projected blocks

Where transactions at each fee rate would land if no new ones arrived.

Next block

~0.41

sat/vB median

0.36124 sat/vB

6,502 txs · full

$819.11 in fees

in ~10 min

Block +2

~0.32

sat/vB median

0.320.36 sat/vB

7,170 txs · full

$280.29 in fees

in ~20 min

Block +3

~0.32

sat/vB median

0.30.32 sat/vB

6,523 txs · full

$271.58 in fees

in ~30 min

Block +4

~0.3

sat/vB median

0.270.3 sat/vB

343 txs · full

$260.47 in fees

in ~40 min

Block +5

~0.28

sat/vB median

0.250.3 sat/vB

3,054 txs · full

$244.43 in fees

in ~50 min

Block +6

~0.24

sat/vB median

0.220.26 sat/vB

2,484 txs · full

$206.65 in fees

in ~60 min

Block +7

~0.22

sat/vB median

0.210.22 sat/vB

2,147 txs · full

$186.96 in fees

in ~70 min

Block +8

~0.13

sat/vB median

0.10.21 sat/vB

56,093 txs · full

$3,967.33 in fees

in ~80 min

Fee calculator

Describe your transaction to see its size and what it would cost.

Inputs (coins spent)
Native SegWit (bc1q…)
Taproot (bc1p…)
Nested SegWit (3…)
Legacy (1…)
2-of-3 multisig (P2WSH)
Outputs (incl. change)
Native SegWit (bc1q…)
Taproot (bc1p…)
Script hash (3…)
Legacy (1…)
Script (bc1q…, 62 chars)

Estimated size

141 vbytes

TargetRateFee
Next block1 sat/vB141 sats$0.1225
Within 30 minutes0.61 sat/vB87 sats$0.0756
Within an hour0.34 sat/vB49 sats$0.0426
Economy0.2 sat/vB29 sats$0.0252

Sizes assume standard signatures; real transactions can differ by a few vbytes. Your wallet shows the exact figure before you send.

Moving coins on Ethereum or an L2 instead? See the gas tracker.

Network data: mempool.space and Blockstream. Refreshed every minute.

Dollar amounts use the Bitcoin price from Data provided by CoinGecko

Questions

What is sat/vB?

Satoshis per virtual byte. Bitcoin fees are paid per unit of block space, not per amount sent: a transaction’s fee is its size in vbytes times the rate. Sending 0.001 BTC or 100 BTC costs the same if the transactions are the same size.

Why can fees be below 1 sat/vB now?

Since Bitcoin Core 29.1 (2025) nodes relay transactions paying as little as 0.1 sat/vB by default. Many wallets still round up to 1 sat/vB, so the “precise” tiers here can be lower than what your wallet offers.

How do I pay less?

Use a Native SegWit or Taproot address (smaller inputs), send when the mempool is quiet (weekends are often cheaper), batch several payments into one transaction, and consolidate small coins when fees are low.

I already sent with too low a fee.

Use the transaction accelerator: it shows where your transaction sits in the mempool and exactly what fee would get it confirmed by replace-by-fee or child-pays-for-parent.