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Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...
Bitcoin Fees Skyrocket, Some Transactions Taking Days, Relief Possible Next Week
29.10.2020
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been experiencing quite a set of interconnected issues, as the hashrate has dropped, the fees on the congested network have been rising, and the users claim to be waiting for days for their transactions to be confirmed - some of which might be dropped by...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Rise to 28-Month High as Hashrate Drops Amid Price Rally
29.10.2020
The cost of doing transactions on bitcoin is surging at a time the network is suffering its worst congestion in nearly three years
Mempool Clog: Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 40%, Backlog Shows Over 100K Unconfirmed Transactions
29.10.2020
The Bitcoin network hashrate has dropped significantly over the last four days sliding from a high of 161 exahash per second (EH/s) to 90 EH/s on October 27. Today, the Bitcoin hashrate has improved a hair as the network’s security is currently hovering around 100 EH/s. However, the mempool...
Bitcoin fees spike 198% but Ethereum still more profitable
28.10.2020
A spike in Bitcoin transaction fees has seen the share of miners’ revenues represented by fees tag a two-year high
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $12.7K as Global Equities Falter; Ethereum Fees Continue to Drop
26.10.2020
Bitcoin’s price took a dive along with most other assets as Ethereum fees continue to dip
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Spike 350% in a Month, as ETH Fees Decline
26.10.2020
Bitcoin transaction fees are on the rise again. Fees shot up more than 350% during the last thirty days to Oct. 22. The most significant increase occurred in the last week, as the price of bitcoin soared on growing institutional interest. According to data by Bitinfocharts, it cost an average...
Privacy-Focused Brave Users Can Now Purchase Bitcoin Cash Through Bitcoin.com
25.10.2020
The privacy-centric web browser Brave has partnered with Bitcoin.com in order to give users access to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash from directly inside their browser. The newly added Bitcoin.com widget has been added to the latest Brave software and is now available to users in various...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $12K; Ethereum Fees Fall to 3-Month Low
20.10.2020
Bitcoin’s price passed $12,000 while Ethereum fees dipped
WooCommerce Payments, Now with Support for Subscriptions and Saved Cards
20.10.2020
A little while back we shared the news that WooCommerce shipped a beta payments feature as part of its 4.0 release. It’s a free plugin with no monthly costs or setup fees. You only pay when you make a sale.
We’re actually using this right here at CSS-Tricks. In fact, Chris blogged...
Blockchain Bites: Filecoin Strike, Bitcoin Fees Fall, Coinbase Censorship
19.10.2020
Five Filecoin miners have gone on strike. Bitcoin miners are seeing depressed earnings. And Binance is closing its Jersey branch
‘Boring’ Bitcoin Market Sends Miners’ Fee Earnings to 3-Month Low
19.10.2020
Bitcoin's transaction activity has cooled amid the recent lull in price action – and that's hurting miners' earnings
Almost 1M Ether would have been burnt in past year if fee proposal approved
16.10.2020
The long awaited EIP-1559 would have seen almost 1 million ETH burnt in the last 365 days if it had been implemented, but miners are yet to get on board
High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
14.10.2020
Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases
DeFi market fall showcases how rising TVL doesn’t tell the full story
12.10.2020
Could the DeFi market be a bubble as both market capitalization and indices crash?
Ethereum miners made 450K ETH from high network fees during DeFi peak
11.10.2020
On-chain data shows Ethereum miners saw a 39% surge in revenue as fees soared during the DeFi craze
Ethereum’s fees higher than Bitcoin’s for a record two straight months
9.10.2020
The Ethereum network has taken more in fees than Bitcoin for a record streak, but a fee reform proposal faces an uphill battle
Legal firms sling mud in $8.3M Tezos settlement fees battle
9.10.2020
Six law firms are fighting over how to distribute $8.3M in attorney’s fees from the Tezos’ $25M class action settlement
New Ethereum Fee Model Has Some Miners Crying Foul: Survey
8.10.2020
Eight of the nine mining projects answering a survey on EIP 1559 had a negative impression of the proposal, with seven saying they would not implement the change
As DeFi Deflates, Ethereum Users Get Reprieve From Soaring Fees, Congestion
7.10.2020
The popularity of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges had backed up the Ethereum blockchain, raising questions about its ability to scale