Dust Limit
The minimum output value a node or miner relays because smaller outputs cost more to spend than they are worth.
The dust limit is a relay or wallet policy threshold for uneconomic outputs. Outputs below this value are usually nonstandard because spending them would require more in fees than their value, creating UTXOs that burden wallets and nodes.
- Exact thresholds vary by chain and policy rules
- Wallets typically prevent creating dust outputs
Related terms
4 linkedExplore connected entries beyond the alphabetical index.
Dust
→Dust is a tiny coin or token balance that is uneconomical to spend because fees or policy rules outweigh its value.
Mempool
→A temporary storage space in a node for pending transactions that have not yet been included in a confirmed block.
Fee Rate
→A fee rate is the transaction fee per unit of size, such as satoshis per vbyte, used to prioritize block inclusion.
Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO)
→A discrete spendable output on a UTXO blockchain, similar to a digital coin that must be spent whole.
All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.
