Why High Transaction Fees Aren’t a Big Issue for Bitcoin
In the past, the bitcoin community was engaged in a controversial debate about the existence of a fee market and whether bitcoin was designed to operate as digital gold or a settlement system like VISA. These discussions emerged as bitcoin transactions began to fill up 1 mb blocks and raised average fee of bitcoin transactions. In contrary to many claims, the optimal bitcoin transaction fee as shown in 21 Inc’s Bitcoin Fees platform is 31,640 satoshis, or US$0.32. That is, a $0.32 transaction on virtually any bitcoin transaction sent to a single recipient. Currently, most financial service....
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High transaction fees stand in the way of crypto achieving its full potential and being embraced by the masses — but it is possible to make transfers for free. During the frenzied bull run, transaction fees were running rampant. Over on the Ethereum blockchain, they hit eye-watering highs of $196.638 back in May — rendering the network unusable for most everyday consumers.The Bitcoin blockchain suffered from a similar issue the year before, accelerating to a record-breaking $300.331. When demand is high, it's easy for Proof-of-Work networks to get congested — prompting miners to prioritize....
The increasing amounts of Bitcoin transactions have slowly led to an increase in Bitcoin fees as miners favor the transactions with fees as priority transactions. This means that it can take a longer time for a Bitcoin transaction to clear. Some transactions, small ones without fees generally, can be lost to the Bitcoin ether, only to be returned to sender a few day later. Transaction fees have been touted as one of the best reasons to use Bitcoin. The world’s first truly international value transfer system boasts the lowest transaction fees. Though these fees have been quietly rising over....