Binance closes BTC withdrawals amid congestion on the Bitcoin network
Bitcoin mempool was clogged with over 400,000 transactions waiting to be processed on May 7.
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Memecoin hype drives Bitcoin transaction fees to multi-year highs
Despite the latest spike in Bitcoin transaction fees, the current BTC transaction cost is still far from all-time high levels.
Bitcoin Hashrate Reaches All-Time High of 491 EH/s, Close to Half a Zettahash, as Network Preps for Next Difficulty Change
While the next difficulty change for Bitcoin is just two days away, the network’s hashrate soared to unprecedented heights, reaching 491.15 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 02, 2023, at…
Bitcoin metrics to the moon: ATH for hash rate, daily transactions and Ordinals
While the Bitcoin hash rate briefly touches new highs, Bitcoin Ordinals are a contributing factor to daily transactions exceeding 500,000.
You don’t see that every day: Bitcoin empty block found
Don't be fooled by its emptiness: Block 776,339 plays as important a role as busier blocks in the Bitcoin blockchain.
1inch releases new tool to protect traders against ‘sandwich attacks’
The company said that the new tool works by allowing users to submit transactions directly to validators.
How to transfer $1 billion for basically free: Bitcoin whale watching
At just 15 sats/vByte, a Bitcoin user is demonstrating just how cheap it is to send vast sums of money across the internet.
Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High
Amid the Terra blockchain meltdown, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been well above the 200 exahash per second range, at 212 EH/s at the time of writing. Bitcoin’s hashpower has remained high…
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a lifetime high on April 27, at block height 733,824, after jumping 5.56% higher than two weeks ago. The difficulty jump further indicates that Bitcoin’s difficulty…
Bitcoin transaction fees briefly doubled yet remain exceptionally low
The cost of sending Bitcoin from one address to another has stayed exceptionally low since July 2021 despite spiking in price last week.