Average transaction commissions on the Bitcoin network reached a 14-month high of

On Wednesday, May 15, the average commission for a transaction on the Bitcoin network reached $ 2.32. The last time such values were recorded February 24, 2018.

This is due to a significant increase in the number of unconfirmed transactions in the Bitcoin memory. At the time of writing, according to Blockchain.com, about 67 thousand transactions were stuck in the memo.

The number of transactions in the memory

On the graph of the total cost of daily transactional commissions for miners, you can see that the growth began on May 6, when the price of Bitcoin has not yet crossed the $ 6000 mark.

The total cost of commissions in US dollars

Recall that the Bitcoin miners' income from commissions in April increased more than three times: from $ 3.9 million to $ 13.7 million.

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