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Bitcoin transaction fees,
calculated from first principles.

How much will your transaction actually cost? Enter your UTXO count, address type, and current fee rate. See the fee in sats, BTC, and USD. SegWit and Taproot are compared side by side so you can see the savings.

Most sends: 2 (recipient + change).

Byte sizes match bitcoin.org developer reference for each script type.

YOUR TRANSACTION
SIZE
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FEE (SATS)
0
FEE (BTC)
0
FEE (USD)
$0
COMPARED ACROSS ADDRESS TYPES
Type Size (vB) Fee (sats) Fee (USD)
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SegWit addresses (bc1q...) cost roughly 40% less than Legacy addresses (1...) for the same transaction. Taproot (bc1p...) is similar to SegWit for standard sends and wins more as transactions get complex.

Estimates only. Actual wallet fees depend on script details. Verify live rates at mempool.space.