Three deductions, three different logics
Not the same kind of feeAt the exchange something is taken off twice and shown once: the trading fee, which is printed, and the gap between the buy and sell price, which is not, because it is not an item but a property of the price. After that comes the network fee, which hangs on the size of the transfer in bytes and not on its value.
The first two are harmless on small amounts and noticeable on large ones; the third is exactly the other way round. Which is why there is no amount at which everything is cheap.
The calculation over a thousand francs
An example, not a measurementThe drawing above works the route of a thousand francs through to the cashier. The ranges gather usual tariff steps and are not a measurement taken on a given day — anyone putting in the tariffs of their own exchange gets a more exact figure and the same structure.
What matters about this calculation more than the final sum: the way back costs the same again. Send a thousand francs in and pull the same sum back out and you pay the price gap twice and the network fee twice, without ever having played. The way back works that through.
Why small deposits are dear in proportion
The fixed fee decides| Deposit | Network fee as a share | What follows |
|---|---|---|
| 20 francs | double-digit | A serious part goes on the transfer |
| 100 francs | noticeable | Still defensible, but already visible |
| 1 000 francs | a footnote | Here the price gap at the exchange counts for more |
The shares deliberately carry no percentage: the network fee on the bitcoin main network changes hourly, and a figure written in here would be wrong tomorrow. The order does not change with it.
There are two ways out and both are described on this site: Lightning for bitcoin itself, or a coin with a fixed low network fee as on the USDT page. A third way out would be to deposit more rarely and in larger steps — which is exactly what does not make sense when playing.
What the operator contributes
Fixed or passed throughSome cashiers deduct a fixed fee on withdrawal, others the actual network fee. Fixed fees are plannable and too dear when the network is quiet; passed-through ones are always correct and never predictable. The entries say what each set of terms has to say about it — and for several of them there is nothing there, which is also an answer.
What this page says about fees holds for the procedure and not for a particular operator. Which cashier carries which route stands in the cashier overview, and only where the cashier was actually opened.
Questions people actually type
Answered from the same records as the pageWhy does less arrive than I sent?
Because three deductions lie between the account and the cashier: the trading fee, the price gap at the exchange and the network fee. The first two grow with the amount, the third stays the same.
How high is the network fee on bitcoin?
It hangs on congestion in the network and changes hourly. The only constant is that it does not depend on the amount — which is why small transfers are dear in proportion.
Can the fee be avoided?
Avoided no, made smaller yes: over Lightning or over a coin with a fixed low network fee. Both are described on this site.