Cardano transaction fee
As of September 15, 2026, Cardano native transfer fee USD is $0.0341 at the median (p50, 24h window), with $0.0353 at p90 and $0.0357 at p99. Cardano ranks #12 of 14 chains measured on this benchmark.
Cardano native transfer fee is $0.0341 (p50, 24h). Cardano fees are protocol-deterministic: min_fee_a per byte plus a flat min_fee_b base, both set by governance and updated rarely; a typical ADA transfer is ~250 bytes, so the lovelace cost is essentially fixed until the next parameter vote. The USD figure only moves because ADA price moves. Computed from live koios epoch_params times 250 bytes times ADA price.
How Cardano compares
Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.
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