What is the Bitcoin dust limit?

About 546 satoshis for legacy addresses and 294 satoshis for SegWit addresses. Outputs below it are not relayed by default.

How do I get rid of crypto dust?

Many exchanges let you convert small balances into one coin. In your own wallet, you can wait for low fees and combine small outputs in one transaction.

Which crypto has no dust limit?

Nano has no dust limit, no fee and no minimum balance, so any amount can be sent and received in full.

What is crypto dust? Dust limits on Bitcoin and other coins explained

"Dust" is a balance so small that you cannot practically move it. Either the network refuses to relay it, or the fee to send it is larger than the amount itself. Most people meet dust as leftovers on an exchange or a few cents stuck in an old wallet.

Why dust limits exist

On Bitcoin and coins built like it (Litecoin, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash), every transfer creates an "output" that every node must keep until it is spent. Tiny outputs cost the network more to store than they are worth, so nodes refuse to relay anything below a threshold: the dust limit.

Typical dust limits

Bitcoin: 546 satoshis for a legacy address, 294 for a SegWit address — today ≈$0.46.
Bitcoin Cash: 546 satoshis.
Dogecoin: 0.01 DOGE recommended minimum.
Litecoin: a small threshold, a fraction of a cent.

Even above the limit, a Bitcoin transfer pays a network fee that does not depend on the amount — right now ≈$0.12. Sending 50 cents can cost a big share of it.

Stuck balances on other coins

Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Stellar have no dust limit in the same sense, but small balances get stuck for other reasons: you need ETH or SOL to pay gas, and XRP and Stellar lock a reserve you cannot send. See why some wallets need activation.

What is a dust attack?

Attackers send tiny amounts to many addresses and then watch how those coins move. If you later spend the dust together with your other coins, it can link your addresses to each other. Many wallets let you freeze or ignore unknown small deposits. Never click a link or token that arrived with dust.

Coins without dust

Nano has no dust limit and no fee: any amount, down to a millionth of a cent, can be sent and received, and it arrives in full. Try it with a free gift.