Bitcoin’s Average Transfer Fees Experience Sharp Increase: 122% Rise in 10 Päevad

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 juurde $1.704 per transaction. The rise in onchain fees coincides with the new Ordinals digital collectible trend on the network, with the number of inscriptions nearing 20,000.

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 ja ycharts.com show the average transaction on Feb. 7, 2023, was around 0.000075 BTC või $1.70 per transfer. 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 per transfer. As of Feb. 7, median-sized fees have increased 316% juurde $0.696 per transfer.

The number of unconfirmed transactions in the mempool has been between 7,500 ja 25,000 üle mineviku 24 tundi. While average and median-sized onchain fees have risen to values between $0.69 ja $1.70 per transfer, some users are paying around four satoshis per byte, or approximately $0.13 using current BTC exchange rates. The rise in fees coincides with the demand for Ordinals, which has pushed onchain inscriptions to 18,731 as of 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are also seeing increased revenue from the fees.

On January 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 tundi, and the cost of producing BTC has been higher. Statistics for Feb. 7 indicate the cost of producing BTC, according to macromicro.me charts, is around $24,260, samas BTC’s spot value on Wednesday is just under $23,000.

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Jamie Redman

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