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A single Bitcoin (BTC) transaction has attracted a lot of attention due to the size of its gas fees. Blockchain analysis platform Whale Alert Confirmed This means that a fee of 1.5 BTC was paid for each transaction. This fee is equivalent to $100,254 based on the current market value of top cryptocurrencies. This fee is significantly higher than the average transaction cost.
This user paid this huge fee to have the transfer included in a regular Bitcoin block. Some of these transactions are recorded in the past. In September 2023, Bitcoin users paid 19 BTC in transaction fees. This was around the time Bitcoin price was trading at his $26,000, and 19 BTC equals his $509,563.
Additionally, in January, another BTC account paid out more than 4 BTC to include a transfer in a regular Bitcoin block. Therefore, for this transaction he was charged a whopping fee of 1,800,890 sat/vB.
Potential reasons for high transaction fees
The payment of such exorbitant fees usually arouses suspicion, with many market participants questioning the circumstances that led to it. At the time of writing, the average Bitcoin transaction fee was at a level of $4.696, up from $3.740 on May 4th and down from $6.696 a year ago. This is a 25.57% change from yesterday and -29.86% change from one year ago, according to YChart data.
Please note that transaction fees can generally fluctuate due to network congestion. During the cryptocurrency boom in 2017, it at one point reached $60. Therefore, this exorbitant trading fee recorded recently could be the result of a mistake or misconfiguration in the trading software. It could also be for reasons known only to the initiator of the transaction or a money laundering scheme.
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