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Expand Up @@ -19,12 +19,33 @@ the fee for making use of the block header.
What is the ETH fee?
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The amount of wei that needs to be paid to the Relayer when a Bitcoin transaction
The amount that needs to be paid to the Relayer when a Bitcoin transaction
belongs in the block.


What is the Relayer?
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The address that will receive the fee. It is usually the address of the origin
that was first to successfully submit the block header to BTC Relay.
account that was first to successfully submit the block header to BTC Relay.


What is the fee for previous blocks?
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Use `getFeeAmount. <https://github.com/ethereum/btcrelay/tree/master#getfeeamountblockhash>`_


What can I do if the fee is too high?
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An option is to `changeFeeRecipient <https://github.com/ethereum/btcrelay/tree/master#changefeerecipientblockhash-fee-recipient>`_
to yourself. Make sure you satisfy all requirements for successful completion.


Why is the latest block behind?
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The missing Bitcoin block header has not been mined into an Ethereum block yet.
Or if BTC Relay does not have enough Relayers, it could fall behind many blocks.
You may want to consider `being a Relayer. <https://github.com/ConsenSys/btcrelay-fetchd/tree/master/README.md#why-be-a-relayer-for-btc-relay>`_

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