How much does it cost to send bitcoin?

The cost to send bitcoin is mostly a network fee paid to miners, worked out from how much block space your transaction uses and how busy the network is. Apps and exchanges may pass that fee on, charge their own estimate, or waive it for standard-speed sends. Moving bitcoin between two accounts on the same service is often free because nothing is recorded on the blockchain.

How much does it cost to send bitcoin on-chain?

Bitcoin fees are not a percentage of the amount. The fee equals the transaction's size in virtual bytes (vB) times the fee rate you pick, measured in satoshis per virtual byte (sat/vB). One satoshi is 0.00000001 BTC. According to btc.network, a simple send from one native SegWit address to another is about 140 vB, so at 5 sat/vB it costs 700 satoshis and at 20 sat/vB it costs 2,800.

The fee rate depends on demand. On November 7, 2026, the fee panel on mempool.space showed 1 sat/vB for low and medium priority and 2 sat/vB for high priority, meaning a 140 vB send cost roughly 140 to 280 satoshis that day. Rates can jump quickly when blocks fill up, so treat that as a snapshot, not a rule. Size also grows with the number of inputs and outputs, and legacy addresses starting with 1 make transactions larger than bc1 addresses, as the guide to bitcoin address types explains.

How much does it cost to send bitcoin on Cash App?

As of November 2026, Cash App's fee page says there is no fee to withdraw bitcoin at standard speed, and that standard withdrawals finish within 24 hours. It also says Cash App charges no fee for Lightning payments, although Lightning is not offered to New York residents. Buying the bitcoin first is a separate cost: Cash App lists a tiered fee on purchases plus a spread of up to 0.75%. Receiving into Cash App is covered in can you send bitcoin to Cash App.

How much does it cost to send bitcoin on Coinbase?

Coinbase says it pays the miners itself when you send to an outside address, then charges you a fee based on its own estimate of the network cost for a standalone send. The exact amount appears on the preview screen before you confirm. Sends to another Coinbase user by email, phone number or username are off-chain, instant and free, according to its help pages. Busy networks raise both wait times and fees.

How much does it cost to transfer bitcoin between wallets?

Moving bitcoin between two wallets you control costs the same network fee as any other on-chain send. Self-custody wallets usually let you choose the fee rate, trading a lower cost for a longer wait. If a low-fee send gets stuck, options are covered in how to speed up a stuck bitcoin transaction. For small, frequent payments, the Lightning Network uses its own much smaller routing fees, explained in how much are Lightning Network fees.