-snip- since if you use the same fee rate on both transactions, that means you are saving fees on segwit, but the amount of fees the miner gets does not increase.
Since you're saving "
absolute fee" on SegWit, miners will even get less from your SegWit txn compared to Legacy txn with same "
fee rate".
For example:
[1] A 1in-2out Legacy transaction of e.g. 250vBytes size w/ 5sat/vByte fee rate have 1,250sat absolute fee (
to miner)
[2] A 1in-2out SegWit transaction of e.g. 125vBytes size w/ 5sat/vByte fee rate have 625sat absolute fee (
to miner)
(
rounded values for easier calculations, virtual size can be higher or lower)
Is the statement based from a source?
Because I think that the statement may be applicable in overall fee from a block since the saved virtual block space from lower vSize of SegWit txns can still be filled with other transactions.
For example:
Let's say that the block's max size is only 1000vBytes.
The miner can fill 4 txn
[1] in it, that'll sums up to 5000sats of absolute fee for them to claim.
The miner can fill 8 txn
[2] in it, that'll also sums up to 5000sats of absolute fee.
What is your address - legacy or seqwit ? I am also very suprised about the speed of your transfer !!!
Speed is your concern? Not the cost?
Then it doesn't matter, just select "
mempool" in the fee slider type drop-down menu and use anything below "
1mb from tip".
"
0.8mb from tip" is my usual selection but I usually edit the absolute fee a few satoshi higher, my transactions never get stuck for too long.
The difference with using SegWit and Legacy (
you can't make a Legacy wallet in Electrum's GUI today) is the absolute fee that you'll pay with the same fee rate.
(
see the first Example)
