What it costs — by speed
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Based on a standard ~140-vByte transfer. Sending 1 LTC or 1,000 LTC costs the same fee — transaction size sets the price, not the amount. Litecoin fees are famously tiny (usually a fraction of a cent), which is the whole point of the chain. Live mempool data, refreshed every 30s.
Why Litecoin fees are so low
Litecoin uses the same fee model as Bitcoin — you pay per byte of transaction size (in litoshi/vByte), set by competition for block space. But Litecoin blocks come ~4× faster and the chain is far less congested, so fees almost always sit near the minimum: typically well under a cent. That makes it a cheap rail for moving value, though far fewer exchanges and wallets support it than Bitcoin or USDT networks. Always confirm the receiving side accepts Litecoin before you send.
Compare it to Bitcoin fees, Ethereum gas, or the cheapest network to send USDT. All in one place on the network fees page.