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BTC Transaction Stuck? Bitcoin Cash-Powered Accelerators Can Speed Up Transfers
18.2.2021
At the time of publication, there’s more than 69,000 transactions waiting in line to get confirmed by a bitcoin miner. Since bitcoin’s price rise, at certain times, transaction fees have climbed to $10 to $20 per transfer, and people who pay less than the median fee may have to wait...
Zelda Speedrunner Beats Breath Of The Wild With His Feet
17.2.2021
Speedrunner Joedun is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to doing the unthinkable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not content to have a top 10 time when it comes to 100 percenting the game, he decided to do it again earlier this month without taking any damage. Now he’s back...
Blockchain mysteries: Biggest crypto transaction fee oddities
14.2.2021
Take a look at a few crypto transactions that came with unnecessarily high fees
Sky High Bitcoin and Ethereum Fees: While Prices Jump the Cost to Transfer Follows Suit
4.2.2021
While a number of digital currencies have seen price gains the two leading crypto assets, bitcoin and ethereum have seen transaction fees skyrocket. For instance, data shows that the median fee for a bitcoin transaction is $8.58, while the median fee is $9.35 when spending ether. Meanwhile,...
Gas fee proposal could create ‘positive feedback loop’ for ETH price: Grayscale
4.2.2021
Grayscale believes EIP-1559, a proposal to burn Ethereum gas fees, could be extremely bullish for Ether’s price
MicroStrategy to Buy More Bitcoin, Crypto Adoption Signs, Zero-Fee Trading + More News
29.1.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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US-based business intelligence company MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said the company will keep buying bitcoin (BTC), telling...
ZelaaPayAE: UAE Will Now Have a Crypto Debit Card
25.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. ZelaaPayAE, with a vision to build and improve the financial structure, introduces a Crypto Debit Card with the ability to be swiped not just in UAE but also globally. Partnering with Baanx, ZelaaPayAE is providing Mastercard enabled Debit Card featuring personalized cards with a...
Bitcoin Transaction Fee Estimators: What Are They and How Do You Use Them
22.1.2021
Whenever there’s a bitcoin (BTC) rally, bitcoin transaction fees tend to go up. If you want to know what current Bitcoin network fees are, you can take a look at bitcoin transaction fee estimators.
In this article, we will delve into what they are, what they do, the challenges they face, and...
The Bitcoin Double-Spend That Never Happened
21.1.2021
No coins were added to the bitcoin supply, as some headlines might lead you to believe
The Foundation for Economic Education Announces Two Major Gifts From Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver
19.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. 19th January 2020, St Kitts & Nevis & Atlanta – The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE.org) announced today that Bitcoin.com founder and early cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver has made two gifts totaling $2,000,000 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to support FEE’s...
Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 Brings Taproot Closer and Adds Tor, Fee, Signet Changes
15.1.2021
Bitcoin Core Project announced that Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 has been released, bringing a variety of fixes and upgrades to the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol, including a step towards the much-anticipated Taproot upgrade, fee changes, a new type of testing ground, new type of wallet support, and more.
The...
ETH Fees Surge to All Time High After the Crypto Passed the $1,000 Mark
10.1.2021
After the ether token surged past the $1,000 mark on January 3, the average transaction fee on the network similarly soared to a new all-time high (ATH) of $17.41, some 24 hours later. Although the average fee has since retreated, data on January 8 shows that the latest average fee at $9.79. This...
An Unknown User Incurs More Than $80,000 in Transaction Fees When Sending BTC Worth $1
23.12.2020
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....
Swiss Firm Launches ‘No-Fee’ Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product on Nordic Growth Market
3.12.2020
Swiss-based Valour says its bitcoin ETP is the first with no fees
DealDefi Network Presale is Now Open to the Public
16.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The DealDefi network is a scalable heterogeneous blockchain for lending/borrowing & marketplace decentralized finance. The DealDefi Network prides itself in four major unique features; – Minimum or no gas fee on transactions, decentralization, privacy and fast/instant...
Bitpay Launches New Payroll Service for Companies That Opt to Pay Employees in Crypto
13.11.2020
The Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payment processing company Bitpay is now getting involved with payroll services. The firm announced the launch of Bitpay Send, a mass payout service that enables organizations of all sizes to pay employees, affiliates, and freelance contractors. Bitcoin...
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
12.11.2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button”...
Argentinian Central Bank to Lift Freeze on Bank Fee Increases: Sets the Ceiling for Future Hikes at 9%
8.11.2020
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic says starting in January 2021, financial institutions will be able to increase the fees or commission they levy for services rendered. In its November 5 update, which effectively ends the February 19 freeze on any fee hikes, the central bank says such...
Ethereum User Spends $9,500 in Fees Sending Just $120 in an Error to Forget
8.11.2020
An Ethereum user mistakenly paid $9,500 in transaction fees to send just $120. The user, identified by their Reddit moniker ‘Proudbitcoiner’, says the transaction “destroyed my life” and is now desperately asking miners to return the money. According to a Nov. 4 post...
Election Bets Drive Fee Spike at Predictions Platform Polymarket
5.11.2020
Amid the election excitement, decentralized predictions site Polymarket has become the fourth-highest blockchain project by fees generated