Statistics show transfer fees on the Bitcoin network have increased 122% since the end of last month, as the average transaction fee has climbed from $0.767 a $1.704 por transacción. The rise in onchain fees coincides with the new Ordinals digital collectible trend on the network, with the number of inscriptions nearing 20,000.
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Rising Transaction Fees Help Bitcoin Miners Reap Increased Revenue Despite Falling Spot Prices
Bitcoin network fees, or the average cost to transfer BTC, rose 122% during the first week of Feb. 2023. Statistics from bitinfocharts.com y ycharts.com show the average transaction on Feb. 7, 2023, was around 0.000075 BTC o $1.70 por transferencia. Onchain fees on Jan. 29, ten days prior, were roughly $0.767, according to the statistics. Users generally pay lower fees than the average, and the median-sized onchain transfer using the Bitcoin network at that time was around $0.167 por transferencia. As of Feb. 7, median-sized fees have increased 316% a $0.696 por transferencia.
The number of unconfirmed transactions in the mempool has been between 7,500 y 25,000 sobre el pasado 24 horas. While average and median-sized onchain fees have risen to values between $0.69 y $1.70 por transferencia, some users are paying around four satoshis per byte, or approximately $0.13 using current BTC los tipos de cambio. The rise in fees coincides with the demand for Ordinals, which has pushed onchain inscriptions to 18,731 as of 1:15 pm. Eastern Time. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are also seeing increased revenue from the fees.
En enero 29, bitcoin miners earned 0.83 BTC from fees alone, and ten days later, on February 7, daily fees earned by miners equated to 2.442 BTC. This means that instead of just over $19,000 in fees, bitcoin miners earned over $56,000 from fees on Tuesday. This is helpful for miners as BTC spot prices have been lower in the last 24 horas, and the cost of producing BTC has been higher. Statistics for Feb. 7 indicate the cost of producing BTC, de acuerdo a macromicro.me charts, is around $24,260, while BTC’s spot value on Wednesday is just under $23,000.
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