Bitcoin CU table

Per method compute unit weights for Bitcoin mainnet

The Bitcoin base rate is 5 CU. All supported Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC methods are Standard, so every call costs 5 CU and is available on all plans. Methods not listed here are billed at the base rate of 5 CU.

Available on all plans

Standard reads, address and script utilities, and PSBT and raw transaction construction at 5 CU. Broadcasting and mempool acceptance checks cost 10 CU.

Method	CU
analyzepsbt	5
combinepsbt	5
combinerawtransaction	5
converttopsbt	5
createmultisig	5
createpsbt	5
createrawtransaction	5
decodepsbt	5
decoderawtransaction	5
decodescript	5
deriveaddresses	5
estimatesmartfee	5
finalizepsbt	5
getbestblockhash	5
getblock	5
getblockchaininfo	5
getblockcount	5
getblockfilter	5
getblockhash	5
getblockheader	5
getblockstats	5
getblocktemplate	5
getchaintxstats	5
getdeploymentinfo	5
getdescriptorinfo	5
getdifficulty	5
getmempoolancestors	5
getmempooldescendants	5
getmempoolentry	5
getmempoolinfo	5
getnetworkhashps	5
gettxspendingprevout	5
joinpsbts	5
sendrawtransaction	10
utxoupdatepsbt	5
validateaddress	5
verifymessage	5
verifytxoutproof	5

Growth and above

Heavier reads that scan the mempool or UTXO set. 20 CU per call.

Method	CU
getrawmempool	20
getrawtransaction	20
gettxout	20
gettxoutproof	20

Batch requests cost the sum of their sub calls. See how compute units work for the full pricing model.