<p>Yes, when the mempool is empty, you can set the transaction fee to the minimum relay fee of 1 sat/vbyte. However you cannot make a transaction no fee as there still is the minimum relay fee. The minimum fee is there to prevent people from spamming 0 fee transactions.</p>

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<p>I wanna send a tiny amount of BTC (0.001BTC). I am not in a hurry and I noticed the mempool is sometimes empty these days because the market is cold. So can I set the network fee to 1sat/byte or even zero?</p>
<p>Will miners add my zero-fee tx to the new block when the mempool is empty?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>

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Can I transfer some BTC with 0 tx fee now, when the mempool is empty?
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# Can I transfer some BTC with 0 tx fee now, when the mempool is empty?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-18)

I wanna send a tiny amount of BTC (0.001BTC). I am not in a hurry and I noticed the mempool is sometimes empty these days because the market is cold. So can I set the network fee to 1sat/byte or even zero?

Will miners add my zero-fee tx to the new block when the mempool is empty?

Thank you.

**Tags:** transaction-fees, mempool, blockspace-market


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-18. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Yes, when the mempool is empty, you can set the transaction fee to the minimum relay fee of 1 sat/vbyte. However you cannot make a transaction no fee as there still is the minimum relay fee. The minimum fee is there to prevent people from spamming 0 fee transactions.


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