As of August 22, the cost of the average transaction fee on the Bitcoin network was $0.825. The index fell below the dollar for the first time since July 2020. Network hashrate declined from its mid-July high at 231.4 EH/s to levels near 206 EH/s.
Mining difficultyhas been falling since May, when it hit a record high of 31.25 T. To recover Moved early August, at the time of writing, its value is 28.35 T.
The collapse of the price of the first cryptocurrency led to a drop in miners’ incomeby 26% in June and in July by another 9%. Against this background, the capacity of the Bitcoin micropayment network continued to growLightning Network to reduce fees. In the first month of summer, the indicatoradded 2.2% and the next one increased by 10% and reached 4419 BTC.
On the Ethereum network, the average base fee at the time of writing is $0.39. The income of miners of the second cryptocurrency, the share of fees in which traditionally makes up a significant part, fell deeper in the summer than that of bitcoin miners. According to the results of June, the losses amounted to 52%, and in July – another -4%.
Recall that the Bitcoin Mining Council calculated that the energy efficiency of bitcoin miningIncreased by 46% over the year. The organization unites miners with a total hashrate of more than 50% of the network.
Source: https://forklog.com/srednyaya-komissiya-za-bitkoin-transaktsiyu-upala-nizhe- 1/
