Bitcoin transaction fee in INR

When fees are cheapest (IST)

Over the last ~6 months (30 Apr 2026 to 31 Oct 2026), fees were lowest in the Indian morning: the average median rate was 0.77 sat/vB at 9 AM–12 PM IST versus 1.85 sat/vB at 9 PM–12 AM IST, about 2.4× more. India's night is the US and European working day, when the network is busiest. Sunday was the cheapest day of the week and Friday the most expensive.

Average over 1,473 block groups (~3 hours each). When the network is quiet the rupee difference is small; on busy days the same pattern can mean a real saving. Past patterns are not a guarantee.

What a typical transaction has cost since 2017

3,589 days. Each day: that day's median block fee rate × 141 vB × that day's rupee price. Pre-SegWit transactions were larger, so real 2017 fees were higher than shown.

Who your fee pays: miner revenue in rupees

Over the last 144 blocks (about a day), miners earned about ₹333 crore, and only ₹2.55 crore of it (0.77%) came from fees. The rest is the block subsidy: 3.125 new BTC per block, ₹2.3 crore at today's price. That is why your transaction is cheap: the subsidy, not you, is paying for the network's security right now.

0.52%

Median share of miner revenue that came from fees over the last 30 days (30 Sept 2026 to 29 Oct 2026). That is lower than on 97% of days since 2017.

75.4%

Fee share on 20 Apr 2024, the halving day, the highest since 2017. Each block paid miners ₹6.96 crore that day, ₹5.25 crore of it in fees.

₹45

Average fee across the 5,62,246 transactions in the last 144 blocks (618 sats). It is above the typical fee (₹11) because large many-input transactions and people in a hurry pull the average up.

1,053 EH/s

Network hashrate (7-day average), against 1,091 EH/s a year earlier (−3.5%).

What comes next: the next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,074 blocks away (around April 2028 at 10 minutes a block; the real date depends on mining speed). The subsidy then drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC, ₹1.15 crore less per block at today's price. The subsidy keeps shrinking this way, so fees are expected to matter more to miners over time, though nobody can say when.

3,589 days. Each day: mempool.space's average revenue per block (subsidy + fees) and average fees per block, × that day's rupee price (Bitstamp × ECB). The last-144-block figures (blocks 973,783–973,926) are mempool.space's exact totals, at today's price. Hashrate: mempool.space's estimate, averaged over the 7 days from 1 Nov 2025 and the 7 days to 31 Oct 2026.

Why exchange withdrawal fees differ from the network fee

The network fee goes to miners and changes every minute. An exchange's withdrawal fee is set by the exchange, usually a fixed amount of BTC, and it does not fall when the network is quiet. So if you are moving Bitcoin to your own wallet, withdraw once rather than in many small amounts. In India the 1% TDS is deducted on sales, but sending to your own wallet is not a sale. See: the 1% TDS guide and Indian exchanges.

Updates to this page

Last updated 31 Oct 2026. We log every material change. Spot an error? See our corrections policy.

1. 31 Oct 2026Added: who your fee pays. Miner revenue in rupees over the last 144 blocks, the share that came from fees (30-day median vs every day since 2017), the 2024 halving-day peak, average fee per transaction, hashrate vs a year ago, a by-year table and what the next halving changes.
2. 30 Oct 2026Tool launched: Bitcoin network fee in rupees. Live mempool.space fee tiers at the live BTC/INR price, a calculator by address type, inputs and outputs with a verdict against the amount sent and your exchange withdrawal fee, the cheapest hours and days in IST over the last 6 months, and the cost of a typical transaction every day since 2017.