<p>For all transactions, "transaction time" is effectively 0. A transaction is created nearly instantaneously and broadcast to the network with no noticeable delay to a human.</p>

<p>What you are confirmed about are confirmation times. The time it takes to get a confirmation is only related to the transaction fee rate paid and the time it takes to mine a block. The size of the transaction is irrelevant.</p>

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Does this mean that given the same fee rate, a transaction to pay one address and another transaction to pay 20 addresses will take same amount of time to be confirmed and appear on blockchain?
Dark Templar
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2018-04-30T09:14:33.317Z
@DarkTemplar By the same fee rate, a transaction with greater weight will pay a higher total fee per individual transaction (but, 1 vs many) and *may* enjoy a benefit when it comes to a miner selecting transactions to include in a proposed block. Many small transactions paying in total a greater fee may not seem as attractive. This, of course, is speculation.
Willtech
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2018-04-30T09:14:59.333Z
I think that you mean "What you are concerned about..."
Willtech
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2018-04-30T09:24:26.417Z
That makes sense, thank you for clarification. In addition to that, can you give me a "rough" estimate on how longer will it take to transfer 1 to N versus 1 to 1 address.
Dark Templar
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There is no such a "roguth estimate" because there is no difference. Even if there were, it would not be noticeable due to the large amount of time in between blocks.
Ava Chow
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Ava Chow
<p>I read <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35686/how-do-you-send-to-multiple-addresses-by-paying-a-one-time-fee-which-wallet-sup">here</a> about the fees difference when paying to many addresses at once instead of doing it one after another.
I was wondering whether this applies to the transaction time as well.
Is it significantly faster if paying to N addresses at one?
If so, could you please give an example, say N = 20.</p>

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Pay to many addresses transaction time?
Dark Templar
# Pay to many addresses transaction time?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-29)

I read [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35686/how-do-you-send-to-multiple-addresses-by-paying-a-one-time-fee-which-wallet-sup) about the fees difference when paying to many addresses at once instead of doing it one after another.
I was wondering whether this applies to the transaction time as well.
Is it significantly faster if paying to N addresses at one?
If so, could you please give an example, say N = 20.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

For all transactions, "transaction time" is effectively 0. A transaction is created nearly instantaneously and broadcast to the network with no noticeable delay to a human.

What you are confirmed about are confirmation times. The time it takes to get a confirmation is only related to the transaction fee rate paid and the time it takes to mine a block. The size of the transaction is irrelevant.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Does this mean that given the same fee rate, a transaction to pay one address and another transaction to pay 20 addresses will take same amount of time to be confirmed and appear on blockchain?  
> **username_2**: @DarkTemplar By the same fee rate, a transaction with greater weight will pay a higher total fee per individual transaction (but, 1 vs many) and *may* enjoy a benefit when it comes to a miner selecting transactions to include in a proposed block. Many small transactions paying in total a greater fee may not seem as attractive. This, of course, is speculation.  
> **username_2**: I think that you mean "What you are concerned about..."  
> **username_0**: That makes sense, thank you for clarification. In addition to that, can you give me a "rough" estimate on how longer will it take to transfer 1 to N versus 1 to 1 address.  
> **username_1**: There is no such a "roguth estimate" because there is no difference. Even if there were, it would not be noticeable due to the large amount of time in between blocks.  

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