One of the great virtues of the Blockchain of Bitcoin is its functioning decentralized. That includes, of course, the commissions that we must pay for transactions with BTC. Which can be defined by us before sending the money. However, a recent study of 0xb10c, the pseudonym of a respected engineer Blockchain. Seems to indicate that BitMEX makes transactions with Bitcoin are more expensive.
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How does the Blockchain of Bitcoin?
When in our day-to-day we need to make a transfer using Fiat money, our bank charges us a commission for the operation. Normally, we don’t even realize the size of this commission, which is charged automatically from our bank account. Without that we have no power of decision on how much money you want to pay for the service provided by the bank. In the case of Bitcoin, the situation is similar, but with a big difference. Therefore, as well as with Fiat money traditional there are banks that serve as intermediaries in the transactions. In the Blockchain of Bitcoin are miners, those who maintain with their computing power to the platform of BTC. Allowing that to run our operations. In exchange for this work, the miners receive two rewards. On the one hand, for each block mined in the Blockchain, the miners receive a certain amount of Bitcoin to change. Which is reduced to half every four years, after each Halving. On the other hand, the users pay a commission to the miners for their work. Being the user performing the transaction, who defines the amount of the commission. Higher the commission, the faster you will run your operation.
How is the influence of BitMEX in this?
However, even though each user can define how much money you want to pay the miners for their work. What is certain is that most of the larger wallets, have an algorithm through which it will recommend to the user the amount of commission ideal that you should pay, so your transaction runs quickly. The same, is calculated from the average of transactions on execution and commissions paid recently in the Blockchain of Bitcoin. Therefore, when one of the exchanges largest in the world, BitMEX, you decide to run the withdrawals of their daily users at the same time. This generates an important pressure in the algorithm of the wallets. That begins to recommend commissions in excess of their users. Thus, according to the research 0x10bc, every day at 13:00 hours UTC, BitMEX performs an average of 2.209 transactions in the chain of Bitcoin, with a total of 3.16 MB and a total payment of commissions by 0,95 BTC. Which leads to an increase of the commissions paid by the users between 13:00 and 21:00 hours. Generating an additional cost 1.96 BTC to the crypto community, every day, due to the payments of BitMEX. BitMEX makes transactions with Bitcoin are more costly after some time. Source: 0xb10c For its part, BitMEX explains that does all the payments at the same time, to allow each one of them to be verified manually. Ensuring a high quality in the service of the exchange, and generating greater confidence in its users. Even if this means that in your set, the crypto users pay more for transactions.
What to do in this situation?
Despite the fact that this may be annoying to some users. The actions of BitMEX does not prevent the owners of Bitcoins can decide the commission you want to pay for their transactions. Still pay the rate recommended by the wallet, in the end, a personal decision. An effect much more harmful to the execution of transactions of BitMEX, is the increase in the average time of execution of the transactions in the Blockchain of Bitcoin. So, from 13:00 hours UTC, and for several hours, the execution time of transactions reaches its daily peak. After 13:00 hrs UTC transactions with Bitcoin are getting slower and slower. Sources: 0xb10c in this situation, the recommendation of 0xb10c is clear: reduce the size of the operations that are performed on the Blockchain of Bitcoin. Not in terms of the amount of money sent, but bytes are used in each. Therefore, it recommends the use of SegWit, as well as the adoption by BitMEX Schnorr and Taproot. Therefore, it is not until you reduce the weight of transactions of the exchange, other users will continue to have transactions with Bitcoin more expensive and time-consuming.