<p>The transaction fee is neither static nor a percentage of the amount you transfer. It is based entirely on the size of the transaction in bytes (because a transaction is just data). Since you have no control over the transaction except for one of the outputs, you cannot determine the fee that will be paid.</p>

<p>It is better to send it all as one transaction rather than multiple. This is because there is some overhead bytes in a transaction that are saved by making one transaction instead of two. Furthermore, there is a cost to create a change output (as that would likely need to happen, although it will probably happen anyways) and a cost to spending that change output again when you make the second transaction. Since sending as multiple transactions will incur an extra cost, you should make just one transaction.</p>

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2017-10-11T15:51:52.450Z
Do you have a source for this information? Bittrex's website says ["All trades have a 0.25% commission."](https://bittrex.com/fees), and Coinbase also indicates there is a [1.49% fee when using USD as a payment method for buying and selling](https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2109597).
Kyle Falconer
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Transferring Bitcoin from bittrex to coinbase is just a normal bitcoin transaction. It is not a trade or buying or selling bitcoin.
Ava Chow
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Ava Chow
<p>I want to transfer BTC from Coinbase to Bittrex. Now I only have a very small amount of BTC to transfer. But I have some money in my wallet with which I will buy BTC and transfer it later.</p>

<p>Now is my question. Is the fee to transfer the BTC static or is it a percentage?</p>

<p>So does it matter if I transfer twice (one 1 BTC, later 10 BTC) or at once (11 BTC)? </p>

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Transfer BTC from Coinbase to Bittrex: fee static or percentage
DenCowboy
# Transfer BTC from Coinbase to Bittrex: fee static or percentage

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-14)

I want to transfer BTC from Coinbase to Bittrex. Now I only have a very small amount of BTC to transfer. But I have some money in my wallet with which I will buy BTC and transfer it later.

Now is my question. Is the fee to transfer the BTC static or is it a percentage?

So does it matter if I transfer twice (one 1 BTC, later 10 BTC) or at once (11 BTC)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The transaction fee is neither static nor a percentage of the amount you transfer. It is based entirely on the size of the transaction in bytes (because a transaction is just data). Since you have no control over the transaction except for one of the outputs, you cannot determine the fee that will be paid.

It is better to send it all as one transaction rather than multiple. This is because there is some overhead bytes in a transaction that are saved by making one transaction instead of two. Furthermore, there is a cost to create a change output (as that would likely need to happen, although it will probably happen anyways) and a cost to spending that change output again when you make the second transaction. Since sending as multiple transactions will incur an extra cost, you should make just one transaction.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Do you have a source for this information? Bittrex's website says ["All trades have a 0.25% commission."](https://bittrex.com/fees), and Coinbase also indicates there is a [1.49% fee when using USD as a payment method for buying and selling](https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2109597).  
> **username_1**: Transferring Bitcoin from bittrex to coinbase is just a normal bitcoin transaction. It is not a trade or buying or selling bitcoin.  

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