# Cancel trade - mining fee not refunded

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937 "2020-11-11T03:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![shorla](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/shorla/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@shorla](https://bisq.community/u/shorla)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937/1 "2020-11-11T03:15:24Z")

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I created a trade to buy a small amount of BTC (it was my first transaction so I was playing it safe). For that, I have to transfer the deposit, the Bisq fee, and the mining fee.

After 2 weeks the trade was not taken, so I decided to cancel. Bisq warned me that I would lose the maker fee if I cancel.

After canceling, I have received the deposit back, but I have not recovered the mining fee.

Is that intended? If so, I would suggest updating the warning message.

If I should get the mining fee back, do you know how long it takes after canceling the trade?

Thank you.

![Screen Shot 2020-11-10 at 7.13.44 PM](https://bisq.community/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5431a81744c235d6451efcff60e00e0453dd4b7c.png)

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**Author:** ![DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/drfredphd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/u/DrFredPhD)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937/2 "2020-11-11T09:03:12Z")

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No, you don’t get mining fee back, the mining fee is paid when you make the deposit transaction.

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**Author:** ![tieck](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tieck/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tieck](https://bisq.community/u/tieck)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937/3 "2020-11-11T19:16:04Z")

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If an offer is cancelled the Bisq trading fees and the mining fees used in this process are not refunded.

This is a protection against spamming the offer book e.g. creating a lot of offers that will never be traded.

However you can have offers open for weeks, month etc. and you can adjust price any time.

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**Author:** ![shorla](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/shorla/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@shorla](https://bisq.community/u/shorla)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/cancel-trade-mining-fee-not-refunded/9937/4 "2020-11-16T17:45:40Z")

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Thank you, it is clear now.

I still think the pop-up message should be updated to prevent confusion in the future, as there’s no mention about also losing the mining fee.