Bitcoin Fees Remain Low Despite Increased Activity, What’s Driving This?
Bitcoin on-chain activity has been on the rise for the past week. It has seen transactions grow more than 70% in the same time span. Despite all of these though, bitcoin fees have continued to remain low. This has persisted through a steady rise in average transactions per block and the number of transactions per […]
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