With Bitcoin’s price climbing, network traffic - and fees - are set to soar.
Understanding coin control and making a plan when fees are low is key to saving on transaction costs and boosting privacy. Make every sat count by keeping your transactions lean and efficient. 🧵
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Every Bitcoin transaction is built from inputs (UTXOs), and fees are based on the transaction’s size in bytes. Transacting with many small inputs increases the bytes—and the fees.
Consolidating smaller UTXOs (under 1 million sats) into larger ones during low-fee periods is a smart move to prepare for future transactions when fees may spike.
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This example of a UTXO consolidation transaction chose at random in the Blockstream Explorer.
There are 27 inputs in the transaction, the input values range from approximately 0.0025 BTC to 0.1537 BTC, and the final UTXO size, or the total output, is 0.24794586 BTC.
https://blockstream.info/tx/9d0068562d94449756a29e6918d5dba552471c65ba357afe8f80a3de2572c204
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Blockstream Green’s coin control feature makes this process simple. When fees are low, you can select and send smaller UTXOs to yourself as one larger UTXO, reducing future fees and keeping your holdings organized.
The result? Lower transaction costs if network demand and fees skyrocket.
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Beyond cost savings, coin control also boosts privacy.
By labeling UTXOs, you can track which coins are linked to KYC exchanges and which are not, helping you avoid co-mingling them when spending—key for on-chain privacy.
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Want to practice coin control off the mainchain and prepare for more complex Bitcoin transactions? Try it out on Liquid using a nostr: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 account in Green.
https://video.nostr.build/5bff372e9a1c9f58c1c635cc1d03cc645fb96fc9c3cb1f92f70668e4b0071134.mp4
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If you’re using a hardware wallet like the Blockstream Jade, coin control works the same way. You can organize, consolidate, and secure your UTXOs on Green or with other wallet software like Sparrow Wallet.
https://store.blockstream.com/jade
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Whether you’re focused on lowering fees or enhancing privacy, coin control is a small effort with big rewards. Use Blockstream Green to optimize your UTXOs and make every sat count.
last time i used green on android, there were no coin control options. still the case?
the bitaxe on the left in my photi...i got it running on older firmware...do you think its worth it to update it if its running just fine? 🤙
hopefully it coincides with Damus android, as youll get kicked off the apple store immediately 😂
i think id not do it cuz if it got popular you could get zap.stream into trouble.
if btc is like gold, did he answer if he thinks gold is a store of value...therefore? 🤔
exactly right, hahah
were a long ways from calling it pet rocks and trading cards, arent we?
i used a $ symbol in the name, could be it
manually added, i updated the name field and ln address only
nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 Hey Zeus team: i added a contact to my contacts section, and it crashed the app. then, when i try and open the contacts now it crashes the app every time. just letting you know, let me know if i can help find the bug.
running 0.9.3-beta3 downloaded from zapstore. i use graphene with pixel 6a. my connection is via LNC with my lightning node running on Start9.
so true, like could there be a more amazing development to date as an advocate for btc as money than nostr and its integration with lightning? like..what are you waiting for? oh, the answer is your btc is sitting on a ledger (at best) and you just a ngu simp.
ya, proton is the only thing that could come close to being normie user level friendly enough
😂
one could download an audiobook video from an invidious.io instance, convert it to mp3 with VLC and then listen to it on VLC or any music playing app. you wont get chapters or anything fancy but ...tradeoffs ya kno.