Transaction Fees

Auto Added by WPeMatico

An Unknown User Incurs More Than $80,000 in Transaction Fees When Sending BTC Worth $1

by

An unknown person incurred a transaction fee of more than $80,000 or (3.49079570 bitcoins) when transferring bitcoin worth $1.16. According to Blockchain.com, the December 19 transaction, which is included in block 662052, had an input of 3.49084570 bitcoin and an output of 0.00005000 bitcoin. As one report explains, the unusually high fee may have been … Read more

Cumulative Ethereum Transaction Fees in 2020 Supersede Bitcoin’s by a Long Shot

by

This week the research and analysis team Coin Metrics published a report on how decentralized finance (defi) is “fueling Ethereum’s growth.” Meanwhile, the researchers also highlighted that Ethereum’s cumulative transaction fees in 2020 are now over $350 million and more than double the aggregated total of Bitcoin’s network fees. Coin Metrics researchers and Nate Maddrey … Read more

Ethereum’s Gas Spike Forces Coinbase Pro to Pass Network Fees to Customers

by

While Ethereum network fees have jumped to new highs this year, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, announced that the trading platform would be passing network fees onto customers. The move followed the exchange listing Uniswap’s native token UNI, an airdrop that saw miners collect close to $1 million in gas in less than an … Read more

BTC Averages Over 1 Million Active Addresses as ETH Transaction Fees Hit $2M Daily

by

Bitcoin averaged over a million daily active addresses in the past week for the first time since January 2018. The growing usage metrics add to evidence of a rising bull market. According to data compiled by Coin Metrics, ethereum might be on course to surpass its all-time high if the bull market continues. The data … Read more