In the mainstream media it is often written that the transaction cost of bitcoin is too high. Bitcoin would never be a success if you have a few euros extra fee to pay for a cup of coffee. There is, however, wrong to get. There was, for example, more than $ 55 million in bitcoin are sent in a single transaction, the cost of ownership? Only 2,23 us dollars.
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Online whalers
There are a lot of people, and services that are focused on a large computer operations. It’s the blockchain to keep an eye on. This is the so-called whale watchers. A whale is a term for a trader with a lot of bitcoin, or a lot of money.
Yesterday, there was another large transaction took place. There were no less than 5.175 bitcoin is sent to. The value of? More than $ 55 million. The strength of bitcoin is that all transactions appear on the blockchain. Also, you can see what the transaction does, and that is where the bitcoins to be sent. It is not possible to identify the source of this bitcoinadressen it.
It is, therefore, to guess what the purpose of the transaction. This Is an over-the-counter (OTC) sale? The bitcoin for reasons of safety, been moved? Whether it is a party, which is preparing to go on a Bakkt?
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More than 24 000 bitcoin to send
Yesterday, there was a moment of panic when it was discovered that the crypto-exchange, OKEx eight bitcointransacties out. In total, there were 24 thousand of the bitcoin is sent to an unknown wallets. The value of the transaction is more than $ 250 million. That is, you have to calculate it on our bitcoin koerspagina.
OKEx tweette fortunately, that’s a onderhoudsklus was.
It is a scheduled wallet is in “maintenance”, so don’t worry. Thanks https://t.co/4LFJweDXtd
— Jay Hao (@JayHao8 September 4, 2019