# GET /fee-estimates

Get an object where the key is the confirmation target (in number of blocks) and the value is the estimated feerate (in sat/vB).

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

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## **Parameters**

None.

## Returns

Returns an object where the key is the confirmation target (in number of blocks) and the value is the estimated feerate (in sat/vB).

The available confirmation targets are 1-25, 144, 504 and 1008 blocks.

For example: `{ "1": 87.882, "2": 87.882, "3": 87.882, "4": 87.882, "5": 81.129, "6": 68.285, ..., "144": 1.027, "504": 1.027, "1008": 1.027 }`

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY>/fee-estimates \
 -X GET
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY>/fee-estimates \
 -X GET
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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