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Bitcoin user overpays $3 million in fees for a single transaction
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• A Bitcoin user appears to have mistakenly paid 83.6 bitcoin ($3.1 million) in a single transaction.
• The whopping fee sets a new record in U.S. dollar terms for a transaction on the Bitcoin network.
A Bitcoin user appears to have accidentally paid a transaction fee of over $3.1 million today, setting a new record in U.S. dollar terms for a single Bitcoin transaction, more than six times the previous record of a $500,000 fee paid in September.
The transaction was made at 9:59 a.m. UTC, paying 83.65 BTC ($3.1 million) to transfer 55.77 BTC ($2.1 million). The pre-transaction balance was 139.42 BTC ($5.2 million), with the user overpaying by 120,528 times, according to Bitcoin explorer Mempool.
The address used to make the payment was activated earlier today, making three Bitcoin transactions before a fourth incurred the record fee. The receiving address is also relatively new, dating back to October 16.
The transaction was mined by AntPool in block 818,087, according to the blockchain explorer Blockchair. AntPool has not yet publicly commented on the transaction and did not immediately return a request for comment from The Block.
Read More: https://www.theblock.co/post/264481/bitcoin-user-overpays-3-million-in-fees-for-a-single-transaction
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• A Bitcoin user appears to have mistakenly paid 83.6 bitcoin ($3.1 million) in a single transaction.
• The whopping fee sets a new record in U.S. dollar terms for a transaction on the Bitcoin network.
A Bitcoin user appears to have accidentally paid a transaction fee of over $3.1 million today, setting a new record in U.S. dollar terms for a single Bitcoin transaction, more than six times the previous record of a $500,000 fee paid in September.
The transaction was made at 9:59 a.m. UTC, paying 83.65 BTC ($3.1 million) to transfer 55.77 BTC ($2.1 million). The pre-transaction balance was 139.42 BTC ($5.2 million), with the user overpaying by 120,528 times, according to Bitcoin explorer Mempool.
The address used to make the payment was activated earlier today, making three Bitcoin transactions before a fourth incurred the record fee. The receiving address is also relatively new, dating back to October 16.
The transaction was mined by AntPool in block 818,087, according to the blockchain explorer Blockchair. AntPool has not yet publicly commented on the transaction and did not immediately return a request for comment from The Block.
Read More: https://www.theblock.co/post/264481/bitcoin-user-overpays-3-million-in-fees-for-a-single-transaction
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