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# How to Send Bitcoin

To send bitcoin, enter the recipient's address and the amount in your wallet, choose a fee and confirm. How long it takes and what it costs.

To send bitcoin, you need a wallet with a balance and the recipient's Bitcoin address. To receive, you give the sender your address.

## Send bitcoin

1. Get the recipient's address, for example from their wallet or from the deposit page of an exchange.
2. In your wallet, paste the address and enter the amount.
3. Choose a fee. A higher fee rate usually confirms sooner.
4. Check the address and confirm.

Bitcoin sent to a wrong address cannot be recovered. Paste addresses rather than typing them, and check the first and last characters.

In Leather, see [Send Bitcoin (BTC)](/transactions/send-bitcoin.md).

![BTC send form with an amount and a recipient address](https://4209755586-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FaSQhveafXrLjROsW3JZ1%2Fuploads%2FLAQLuckF2JWaCR3ZZTc3%2Fe-support-how-to-send-bitcoin-01-btc-send-form.png?alt=media\&token=46b7683c-3027-462c-9e84-a112987d4e64)

## How long it takes

Bitcoin adds a block about every 10 minutes. A transaction with a competitive fee rate usually gets its first confirmation in the next block or two. Many exchanges and merchants wait for several confirmations, which can take an hour or more, before they treat a large payment as final.

## What it costs

The network fee goes to the miner and depends on the transaction's size and on how busy the network is, not on the amount you send. See [Bitcoin Transaction Fees](/learn/bitcoin-transaction-fee.md).

Leather suggests fee options from current network rates and lets you set a custom fee. See [Configure Transaction Fees](/transactions/configure-transaction-fees.md).

![Fee rate options for a BTC send](https://4209755586-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FaSQhveafXrLjROsW3JZ1%2Fuploads%2FpdjQVEk5Xir5z6wysaxH%2Fe-support-how-to-send-bitcoin-02-btc-choose-fee.png?alt=media\&token=0a1d3a99-ffca-4008-8a10-889497e8f3fd)

## If the fee is too low

The transaction waits in the mempool until demand drops. A node can drop it if it waits too long. The sender can raise the fee with Replace-By-Fee. See [What is Replace-By-Fee (RBF)?](/learn/replace-by-fee-rbf.md).