Bitcoin Transaction Fees Significantly Decrease, Charlie Shrem Pays $0.25 Fee

in bitcoin •  8 years ago 

Over the past few weeks, the size of the Bitcoin mempool, the holding area for unconfirmed transactions waiting to be picked up by miners, significantly decreased by around 90 percent.

As a result, Bitcoin fees significantly declined and the recommended Bitcoin transaction fee calculated by Bitcoin fee estimators integrated into widely utilized wallet platforms such as Blockchain substantially dropped. Now, fees below $1 have become sufficient to obtain first confirmation within 10 minutes.

Read more here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-transaction-fees-significantly-decrease-charlie-shrem-pays-025-fee

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10 minutes is very fast - well, thanks for the information
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I just noticed this too. I sent 0.02 BTC and the fee was only $0.15. That's a massive drop. It's taking a looooong time to get confirmed though.

Thanks for the info Aloha Al

I am very glad! The Bitcoin transaction fees were ridiculous.

Now Bitcoin is working Fine . Like Previous Days My Transection is Complete within 5 min.

But what changed or why it changed?