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Transaction fees

Bitcoin transaction fees are bids for scarce block space and are primarily determined by transaction size in virtual bytes and current demand.

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Bitcoin transaction fees are bids for scarce block space and are primarily determined by transaction size in virtual bytes and current demand.

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mempool.spacemempool.spaceBitcoin Developer DocumentationBitcoin.org

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