Litecoin transactions jump amid Bitcoin blockchain congestion, higher fees

Daily transactions on the Litecoin blockchain hit all-time highs over the past two days amid the Bitcoin network’s congestion and higher transaction fees, Glassnode data showed.

• 2023-05-10
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Bitcoin Transaction Fees Surpass Block Rewards for the First Time Since 2017

Higher transaction fees are a small step towards Bitcoin miners being able to sustain themselves without block subsidies.

• 2023-05-09
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Bitcoin Price Dives; Mempool Backlog Stalls Trading

Bitcoin's price dived early Monday as the network faced a transaction jam and fee spike. Top crypto exchange Binance paused withdrawals twice.

• 2023-05-09
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The true cost of zero-fee crypto trading is anything but zero

Nothing in life is free. Be wary of crypto exchanges that offer ‘free trading,’ and ask hard questions about how they make money, writes Ben Caselin of MaskEX.

• 2023-04-19
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How Bitcoin NFTs Might Accidentally Fix Bitcoin's Security Budget

Ordinal NFTs have rejuvenated Bitcoin’s transaction fee market. Will it prove useful?

• 2023-02-07
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