Bitcoin transaction fees briefly doubled yet remain exceptionally low
The cost of sending Bitcoin from one address to another has stayed exceptionally low since July 2021 despite spiking in price last week. Got some Satoshi to send or Bitcoin (BTC) wallets to reorganize? It’s increasingly cheap to do so. According to an Arcane Research report, Bitcoin “transaction fees have stayed low since July 2021, showing no signs of rising.” Bitcoin mean tx fees remaining very low despite small hike last week. Source: Arcane ResearchThere was, however, a small bump in transaction fees last week. Shown as a small jump at the tail end of the graph, clustering of the....
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