Bitcoin fees hit 20-month high as miner revenues match $69K BTC price
Bitcoin miners are the main beneficiaries of current sky-high transaction fees, data shows, but many longtime market participants have little time for complaints.
Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain transaction fees are dividing opinion as the cost of sending BTC skyrockets.
Data from the statistics resource BitInfoCharts puts the average transaction fee at nearly $40 as of Dec. 17.
The latest wave of Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions has resulted in elevated transaction fees for all network users — but some believe that they are here to stay.
