{"id":6980,"date":"2023-11-23T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T13:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/blog\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2023-11-23T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T13:29:55","slug":"bitcoin-whale-pays-3-million-dollar-fee-for-a-transaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/bitcoin-whale-pays-3-million-dollar-fee-for-a-transaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Whale Pays a $3 Million Fee for a Transaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Today, we have seen an interesting occurrence in the <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (BTC) market. A <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> whale paid an exceptionally high fee for a routine transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #555555;\">Blockchain<\/strong><span style=\"color: #555555;\"> data revealed that, around 13:00 in Turkey time, a \u2018<\/span><strong style=\"color: #555555;\">Bitcoin mega-investor<\/strong><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&#8216; paid a full<\/span><strong style=\"color: #555555;\"> 83.65 <\/strong> <strong style=\"color: #555555;\">Bitcoin<\/strong><span style=\"color: #555555;\"> (equivalent to approximately $3.14 million) fee for a transaction worth <\/span><strong style=\"color: #555555;\">139.42 BTC<\/strong><span style=\"color: #555555;\"> (approximately $5.2 million).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Actually, we can see that this rate is much higher and represents a value far beyond the usual. Normally, the transaction fee necessary for adding a transaction to the blockchain block is an average of around 141 sat\/vB, whereas in this case, the commission rate that the investor paid ascended to 16,917,200 sat\/vB.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>You might like: <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/bitcoin-price-analysis-and-buying-opportunities-november-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Bitcoin Price Analysis and Buying Opportunities | November 23<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The address where the related transaction was completed is coded as &#8216;<strong>bc1qn3d7vyks0k3fx38xkxazpep8830ttmydwekrnl<\/strong>&#8216;. Also, as a result of this transaction, a total of <strong>55.76<\/strong> Bitcoin was transferred to the opposite party.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Moreover, at the same time, with <\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">818087<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> blocks numbered in a block, a total transaction fee of <\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">86,216 BTC<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> was observed to be paid. It was revealed that nearly all of this total paid fee, 97%, was paid by this aforementioned Bitcoin<\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0whale<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">Bitcoin<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> transactions for this block were mined by <\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">Antpool<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. This situation is also proof of the importance of Bitcoin transaction prices and, therefore, mining activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You can freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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A Bitcoin whale paid an exceptionally high fee for a routine transaction. Blockchain data revealed that, around 13:00 in Turkey time, a \u2018Bitcoin mega-investor&#8216; paid a full 83.65 Bitcoin (equivalent to approximately $3.14 million) fee for a transaction worth 139.42 BTC (approximately $5.2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[2488,953,60],"class_list":["post-6980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-news","tag-antpool","tag-bitcoin-whale","tag-btc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin Whale Pays a $3 Million Fee for a Transaction - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An interesting occurrence was seen in the Bitcoin (BTC) market. 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