Minimum Relay Fee

Definition

The minimum transaction fee a transaction must pay (if it isn’t a high-priority transaction) for a full node to relay that transaction to other nodes. There is no one minimum relay fee—each node chooses its own policy.

Synonyms

• Minimum relay fee

• Relay fee

Not To Be Confused With

• Transaction fee (the minimum relay fee is a policy setting that filters out transactions with too-low transaction fees)

Links

• Minimum relay fee — Bitcoin.org Developer Guide

• Transaction fees — Bitcoin Wiki