{"id":27080,"date":"2020-08-10T17:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27080"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:40:14","slug":"bitcoin-transaction-fees-fall-by-more-than-50-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-transaction-fees-fall-by-more-than-50-in-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin transaction fees fall by more than 50% in four days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The average transaction fee in the Bitcoin network for the period from August 6 to 9 fell by 58% \u2014 from $6.47 to $2.72.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The figure recorded on August 6 was only slightly below the levels seen on May 21.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107008\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107008\" class=\"wp-image-107008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fees-usd-per-transaction-2020-08-10.png\" alt=\"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0443\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435 \u0434\u043d\u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u043c \u043d\u0430 50%\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fees-usd-per-transaction-2020-08-10.png 720w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fees-usd-per-transaction-2020-08-10-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-107008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchain.com\/charts\/fees-usd-per-transaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blockchain.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The size of the mempool, where unconfirmed transactions are stored, fell to a monthly low. On Monday, August 10, this value rose again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107009\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107009\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107009\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mempool-size-2020-8-10.png\" alt=\"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0443\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435 \u0434\u043d\u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u043c \u043d\u0430 50%\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mempool-size-2020-8-10.png 720w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mempool-size-2020-8-10-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-107009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchain.com\/charts\/mempool-size\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blockchain.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, August 9, the mempool contained 3,656 unconfirmed transactions, the lowest figure since July 12.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/comparison\/bitcoin-transaction-fees.html#3m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitinfocharts.com<\/a>, the maximum transaction fee in the Bitcoin network occurred in December 2017 \u2014 $55.<\/p>\n<p>As ForkLog previously reported, during July the average size of the Bitcoin network transaction fee <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-network-fees-jump-752-in-a-month-ethereum-fees-rise-280\">increased<\/a> by 752% \u2014 from $0.68 to $5.80.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average transaction fee in the Bitcoin network during August 6\u20139 fell 58% \u2014 from $6.47 to $2.72.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1178,1127],"class_list":["post-27080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-fees","tag-mempool"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27082,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27080\/revisions\/27082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}