Transaction WeightTransaction Weight

When sending Bitcoin transactions, we need to pay fees based on how much block space our transaction occupies.

There are three main ways to measure a transaction's size:

• Transaction Size: The raw byte count of the transaction
• Transaction Weight: A weighted measure that counts witness data differently
• Virtual Bytes (vBytes): Used for fee calculations (covered in the next topic on fee rates)

1- Transaction Size1- Transaction Size

The most straightforward measurement is the raw byte count of a transaction:

-> Transaction Size = Bytes of serialized transaction

For example, here's a raw transaction in hexadecimal:

This transaction is 225 bytes long - we simply count the number of characters
and divide by 2 (since each byte is represented by 2 hex characters).

2- Transaction Weight2- Transaction Weight

With the introduction of SegWit, a new measurement called "transaction weight" was created:

-> Transaction Weight = (Base Size × 4) + Witness Size

Where:

• Base Size = Size of transaction data without witness data (signatures)
• Witness Size = Size of witness data (signatures) only

💡 NOTE: For legacy (non-SegWit) transactions, all data is considered base size and witness size is zero.

Why Use Weight? Enter SegWitWhy Use Weight? Enter SegWit

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