From 0bc095efd8dd25770af398cb2b73cd65b3bc9f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randolf Richardson Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:49:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [qt] Improved "custom fee" explanation in tooltip --- src/qt/forms/sendcoinsdialog.ui | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsdialog.ui b/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsdialog.ui index 195a5560f..6b31ddea9 100644 --- a/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsdialog.ui +++ b/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsdialog.ui @@ -848,7 +848,9 @@ - If the custom fee is set to 1000 satoshis and the transaction is only 250 bytes, then "per kilobyte" only pays 250 satoshis in fee, while "total at least" pays 1000 satoshis. For transactions bigger than a kilobyte both pay by kilobyte. + Specify a custom fee per kB (1,000 bytes) of the transaction's virtual size. + +Note: Since the fee is calculated on a per-byte basis, a fee of "100 satoshis per kB" for a transaction size of 500 bytes (half of 1 kB) would ultimately yield a fee of only 50 satoshis. per kilobyte