Lightning Network fee calculator
Work out what a bitcoin Lightning payment costs in routing fees, hop by hop, from each node's base fee and ppm rate, and compare it with sending the same payment on-chain. Free, no sign-up, nothing leaves your browser.
- 1Type in your own numbers
- 2The tool works it out
- 3See the answer clearly
Fees per hop are an example: real nodes set their own. 1 bitcoin = 100,000,000 sats. A simple one-input, two-output SegWit transaction is about 141 vB.
How payment channels work
Two parties lock some bitcoin into a shared channel with one on-chain transaction, then send payments back and forth by updating the channel balance off the chain. Payments can hop across connected channels to reach people with no direct channel, and each node along the way can charge a small fee for forwarding.
What it is used for
It suits small, frequent payments such as tips, micropayments and paying for low-cost items, where normal bitcoin fees and confirmation times would be too high or too slow. Large payments can fail if routes lack capacity.
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Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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Run your own crypto app
SendPay platforms let your customers buy, sell and hold crypto inside your own branded app, with assets held with regulated partners and a trading fee you set. SendPay does not offer Lightning payments.