<p>This is specific to LocalBitcoins. </p>

<p>From the website,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In order  to divide the costs of handling Bitcoin transactions in a
  fair manner we are introducing deposit fees for incoming transactions.
  At the same we will lower Bitcoin sending fees for all customers. </p>
  
  <p>Deposit fees will be larger than the new sending fees, generally we
  expect it to be about 3x the amount of sending fees.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p><a href="https://localbitcoins.com/blog/new-bitcoin-network-fee-model/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://localbitcoins.com/blog/new-bitcoin-network-fee-model/</a></p>

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Arun Philips
<p>At least in <a href="https://localbitcoins.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://localbitcoins.com/</a>, the fees for sending and receiving Bitcoins (from/to outside localbitcoins, of course) differ by a factor of three, approximately. Currently:
0.08715 mBTC for sending, 0.26144 mBTC for receiving.</p>

<p>Is there some rationale for this?</p>

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Why the difference in send/receive fees on localbitcoins.com?
leonbloy
# Why the difference in send/receive fees on localbitcoins.com?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-02)

At least in <https://localbitcoins.com/>, the fees for sending and receiving Bitcoins (from/to outside localbitcoins, of course) differ by a factor of three, approximately. Currently:
0.08715 mBTC for sending, 0.26144 mBTC for receiving.

Is there some rationale for this?

**Tags:** transaction-fees, localbitcoins


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This is specific to LocalBitcoins.

From the website,

> In order to divide the costs of handling Bitcoin transactions in a
> fair manner we are introducing deposit fees for incoming transactions.
> At the same we will lower Bitcoin sending fees for all customers.
>
> Deposit fees will be larger than the new sending fees, generally we
> expect it to be about 3x the amount of sending fees.

Thanks!

<https://localbitcoins.com/blog/new-bitcoin-network-fee-model/>


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