Transaction Fees

Blocknative's Ethernow countdown to Dencun (Blocknative)
Ethereum Blockchain Counts Down to 'Dencun' Upgrade, Set to Reduce Fees
The upgrade is designed to usher in a new era of cheaper fees for the growing array of layer-2 networks that operate on top of Ethereum.
Blocknative's Ethernow countdown to Dencun (Blocknative)

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BNB Chain’s OpBNB Developers Look to More Than Double Speed in New Roadmap
The roadmap paves the way for heightened performance for the layer-2 blockchain developed by BNB Chain.
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Litecoin (Litecoin Foundation)
Litecoin Transactions Hit Record High as Bitcoin Fees Surge Amid BRC-20 Frenzy
Transaction fees on the Bitcoin blockchain have hit a two-year high due to the rising popularity of so-called BRC-20 tokens.
Litecoin (Litecoin Foundation)

Mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)
Ordinals Upend Bitcoin Mining, Pushing Transaction Fees Above Mining Reward for First Time in Years
Several mining pools such as Luxor Technologies and AntPool mined blocks on Monday where fees exceeded Bitcoin’s block subsidy of 6.25 BTC.
Mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

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PEPE Meme Coin Craze Spreads Wealth to Ethereum Validators Running Blockchain
As risk-taking crypto traders sought to make tremendous profits off of surging prices for the suddenly-hot PEPE, a resulting surge in transaction fees brought a windfall to va...
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How Bitcoin NFTs Might Accidentally Fix Bitcoin's Security Budget
Ordinal NFTs have rejuvenated Bitcoin’s transaction fee market. Will it prove useful?
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Sonia Maria Canino Gonzalez (EyeEm/Getty Images)
More Than $1B in ETH Has Been Burned Since Ethereum’s London Hard Fork
In just six weeks, over 297,000 ETH has been permanently removed from circulation.
Sonia Maria Canino Gonzalez (EyeEm/Getty Images)

Many of the changes proposed cater to a freer system in which miners and nodes drive rates.
Dogecoin's Fee Change Promises to Reduce Costs and Incentivize Nodes, Miners
The changes would be implemented gradually over multiple software releases.
Many of the changes proposed cater to a freer system in which miners and nodes drive rates.

Eth2 MEV forest
Valid Points: MEV on Eth 2.0: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Greater variance in validator income raises important questions about the dynamics of staking on Ethereum under PoS.
Eth2 MEV forest

Transaction costs on Ethereum are hitting all-time highs.
DOGE Imitators Help Send Ethereum Transaction Fees to All-Time Highs
As SHIB and others doggedly chase DOGE's success, Ethereum transaction fees are running away with them.
Transaction costs on Ethereum are hitting all-time highs.