SewFlows
12-09-2023, 01:21 PM
https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/affilka-b-public/b/mediumcontent/169/attachment/ae255467f4d675f896655fe6216ae33f.jpg (https://bs3.direct/bacd5e64f) A Bitcoin user has just paid a transaction fee of 19 Bitcoin (BTC), equivalent to $509,563. The exorbitant fee was brought to light by Whale Alert, a popular service that tracks large cryptocurrency transactions. The fee is orders of magnitude higher than the average transaction cost and has led to rampant speculation regarding the circumstances that might have led to such a high fee. Possible reasons The average Bitcoin transaction fee stands at about $1.410, down 37.30% from yesterday and up 12.62% from a year ago, meaning that this incident clearly stands out as a rather shocking outlier. It is worth noting that average fees can fluctuate based on network congestion, reaching nearly $60 during the 2017 cryptocurrency boom. However, such a staggering fee could be the result of a mistake, a misconfiguration in transaction software, or potentially for reasons known only to the transaction. Community reaction The cryptocurrency community has had mixed reactions to the news. Comments ranged from disbelief and shock to jokes about the future of finance and the costs associated with using Bitcoin. One user noted that the fee was more than the reward for mining three new Bitcoin blocks, which is usually the incentive for miners to validate transactions on the network. The event has reignited conversations about the scalability and efficiency of Bitcoin's network, offering an opportunity for supporters of alternative cryptocurrencies to criticize the crypto king. https://u.today/sites/default/files/styles/736x/public/2023-09/32100.jpg Cryptocurrency exchanges review: #1 OKX (https://www.okx.com/join/ETHEREUMPRICE) - 24h Volume: $ 1 097 255 972. OKX is an Hong Kong-based company founded in 2017 by Star Xu. Not available to users in the United States. #2 ByBit (https://partner.bybit.com/b/buy_and_hold_Bitcoin) - 24h Volume: $953 436 658. It is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Bybit works in over 200 countries across the globe with the exception of the US. #3 Gate.io (https://www.gate.io/signup/BVRBAwhb?ref_type=103) - 24h Volume: $ 643 886 488. The company was founded in 2013. Headquartered in South Korea. Gate.io is not available in the United States. #4 MEXC (https://www.mexc.com/ru-RU/auth/signup?inviteCode=1S6zq) - 24h Volume: $ 543 633 048. MEXC was founded in 2018 and gained popularity in its hometown of Singapore. US residents have access to the MEXC exchange. #5 KuCoin (https://www.kucoin.com/r/af/QBSY9291) - 24h Volume: $ 513 654 331. KuCoin operated by the Hong Kong company. Kucoin is not licensed to operate in the US. #6 Huobi (https://www.huobi.com/invite/en-us/1f?invite_code=9pp93223) - 24h Volume: $ 358 727 945. Huobi Global was founded in 2013 in Beijing. Headquartered in Singapore. Citizens cannot use Huobi in the US. #7 Bitfinix (https://www.bitfinex.com/sign-up?refcode=69dnLE0LE) - 24h Volume: $ 77 428 432. Bitfinex is located in Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan. Bitfinex is not currently available to U.S. citizens or residents. My bitcoin-blog: https://sites.google.com/view/bitcoin-potential-growth/ =)