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Article Summary
This article explains what Bitcoin network fees are, how River estimates them, and why fees may increase during high transaction volume.
Bitcoin network fees apply when sending bitcoin from your River account. Network fees are small bitcoin payments to miners for confirming transactions, and not received by River.
River estimates the applied network fee within four blocks, or roughly 40 minutes, of your request. The exact fee will be clearly displayed throughout the sending process.
Please note that Bitcoin network fees will increase during periods of high transaction volume.