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The Benefits of Coupling Ethereum With Bitcoin Cash: Smartbch Sidechain Testnet Is Now Public
30.4.2021
On Thursday, the Smart Bitcoin Cash team announced the launch of the Smartbch testnet explaining that developers and decentralized app makers can now experiment and develop with the high-performance, EVM-compatible Bitcoin Cash sidechain. Further, Bitcoin.com News spoke with Wang Kui the lead...
Is the bull run over? BTC loses $50,000 as transaction fees surge: Hodler’s Digest, April 18–24
24.4.2021
Bitcoin Fees Tap $60 per Transaction, Users Say Fees Restrict Adoption, Others ‘Embrace’ the BTC Fee Pump
21.4.2021
On April 21, Bitcoin network fees touched an all-time high according to a number of transaction fee aggregators. The average bitcoin transaction fee is approximately $59.88 and the median fee is around $26.44 USD per transfer. Bitcoin Fees Climb Sky High After the Hashrate Plummeted The cost...
Blockchain is hard for developers and everyday users. Is it getting any easier?
16.4.2021
The blockchain sector has known for years that technical hurdles need to be eliminated for mass adoption to take place. Has any progress been made?
Couple gets married on Ethereum blockchain for $587 in transaction fees
5.4.2021
A Californian couple has used tokenized rings to immortalize their marriage on the Ethereum blockchain
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Records, BTC Miners Capture $1.5 Billion in Revenue Last Month
3.4.2021
On Friday, April 2, 2021, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is the highest it has even been in its lifetime but bitcoin miners still captured record revenues last month raking in $1.5 billion in coinbase rewards and transaction fees. Today, the blockchain’s hashrate is around 160 exahash...
Ethereum’s return to all-time high accompanied by 77% rise in transaction fees
2.4.2021
A 31% price surge was accompanied by a 77% rise in the cost of transacting on Ethereum
An Ethereum and Web3-Compatible Sidechain Is Coming to Bitcoin Cash
2.3.2021
On March 2, 2021, the average fee on the Ethereum network costs around 0.0083 ETH in gas or around $12.89 per transaction. Transaction fees of this caliber have dampened Ethereum-based decentralized finance (defi) applications and Web3 platforms. On February 23, however, crypto proponents were...
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...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $48K While Ether Transaction Fees Surge Again
11.2.2021
The market is bullish on both cryptocurrencies, for different reasons
88% of all BTC transfers are overpaying transaction fees
11.2.2021
Three and a half years after the activation of SegWit, adoption of the space-saving transaction format is still far from ideal
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,...
Ethereum Transaction Fees Hit Record Highs As Ether, DeFi Coins Soar
4.2.2021
The average Ethereum transaction fee has passed $20 for the first time
Ethereum Miners Earned Record $830M in January
2.2.2021
Miner revenue jumped over 120% from the previous month
RSK users won’t have to pay transaction fees with new integration
28.1.2021
IOVLabs wants to improve on Ethereum's meta-transaction adoption
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....
This One Graph Shows Ether Going From CeFi to DeFi: Glassnode
11.12.2020
Data indicates DeFi could take a huge bite out of CeFi when it comes to the ether cryptocurrency
Bitcoin fees remain low despite price surge but Vitalik says they could soar
26.11.2020
Bitcoin transaction fees are less than 10% of their 2017 highs, but Vitalik Buterin believes it’s only a matter of time before they soar back up
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...
Lightning Operators Are Bracing for a Bitcoin Bull Run
5.11.2020
Lightning routing node operators are preparing for the horde of new users that will come in bitcoin's next bull run