<p>You cannot set an absolute fee, however you can use the <code>settxfee</code> RPC to set the fee rate for the wallet before you make the transaction. Note that this isn't persisted in the wallet and is only held in memory, so you will need to do it again if you restart Bitcoin Core or reload the wallet.</p>
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<p>In the next major release of Bitcoin Core, version 0.21, you will be able to set the fee rate in <code>sendtoaddress</code> itself.</p>

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<p>For example, setting the fee to exactly 1000 sats or 300 sat/kw?</p>

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Using bitcoind, is it possible to set a specific fee with sendtoaddress?
Darius
# Using bitcoind, is it possible to set a specific fee with sendtoaddress?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-13)

For example, setting the fee to exactly 1000 sats or 300 sat/kw?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, transaction-fees


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-13. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You cannot set an absolute fee, however you can use the `settxfee` RPC to set the fee rate for the wallet before you make the transaction. Note that this isn't persisted in the wallet and is only held in memory, so you will need to do it again if you restart Bitcoin Core or reload the wallet.

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In the next major release of Bitcoin Core, version 0.21, you will be able to set the fee rate in `sendtoaddress` itself.


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