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Transaction weight

Bitcoin’s SegWit space measure

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Crypto & stablecoins

Short definition

SegWit’s measure of transaction space: four weight units per byte of base data and one per byte of witness data. Virtual size is weight divided by four, rounded up. Weight alone does not set the fee, which also depends on the offered price for block space.

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Data, weight and the fee rate describe different parts of the cost.