... In the past weeks, I've seen fees rise a lot. Last Sunday, it reached as low as 7 sat/byte. My expectation for tomorrow is around the same.
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Electrum's recommendation is currently 159.3 sat/byte for a next-block confirmation and 55.8 sat/byte to confirm with 25 blocks. That's rediculous, there's no need to waste this much money on fees.
Hi LoyceV, thank you very much for this post. Today I wanted to send a small transaction and I was on the verge of not sending it because if I sent the high fee, the commission would be more expensive than the transaction itself. If I sent the standard fee, the transaction cost me the same as the commission, i.e. twice as much. If I put the low fee a little less but almost the same. I searched the forum and found this post, I tried with 10 sat/vb, which was about 2% of fees, that is much cheaper, and in about 12 minutes I had three confirmations. I will keep this thread in my whatchlist and reread it because I am a noob in this transaction stuff.
Edit: I've just tried now 5 sat/vb with the address I had with the lowest amount, like 5/6$, I think this thread is going to be useful for me.