{"id":9704,"date":"2025-06-17T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:18:43","slug":"bitcoin-fee-mistake-60000-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/bitcoin-fee-mistake-60000-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"He Accidentally Paid $60,000 in Bitcoin Fees : Here\u2019s How to Avoid It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How Did a Bitcoin User End Up Paying $60,000 in Fees ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In early April 2025<\/strong>, a Bitcoin<\/a><\/strong> user tried to speed up a pending transaction using the Replace-By-Fee (RBF) feature. However, instead of a modest increase, their wallet mistakenly spent 0.75 Bitcoin<\/strong>, equivalent to around $60,000 to $70,000<\/strong>, just in fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How could such a mishap happen? It all started with confusion <\/strong>between fee units. Instead of setting a reasonable fee rate per byte, the user may have accidentally entered a high absolute value<\/strong>, prompting the wallet to apply excessively high fees.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bitcoin transactions are not final until they are added to a block. If a transaction is stuck, the RBF function allows it to be resent with higher fees<\/strong> to encourage miners to confirm it faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n