Post
Topic
Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: transaction time
by
bitmover
on 02/06/2018, 12:00:40 UTC
Sometimes i do a transaction and i takes only 4 hours to complete,
on another day i do the same transaction with the same amount and
than it took 3 days before it is completed.
Can somebody tell me why? Do i have influence on it?
Regards Smiley

Transaction times depends on how much are you paying on fees.

On this website you can see how much you should pay in fees for confirmation in a determined amount of time.
https://estimatefee.com/

The catch is, fees vary a lot depending on network congestion. Fees are now very low, and you definitely should consolidate small inputs now. Fees are as low as 7 years ago.

https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/btc-median-1024x195.png
Image from https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-fees-fall-to-their-lowest-in-years/