Bitcoin transaction fees have become so high in recent weeks with a typical transaction now costing up to $30 (£25). This is due to an accumulation of increased transaction numbers, and the limited volumes of transactions that the Bitcoin network can process in a second.
If you send Bitcoin from one wallet address to another - when using Bitcoin to make a purchase for instance - a fee will normally be charged.
This forms part of the reward for miners, who dedicate enormous amounts of computing power and electricity to verifying each transaction. Currently, they are also rewarded with new Bitcoin for every blockchain's block that would be processed.
Once all 21 million Bitcoin has been created, the intention is for transaction fees to become their entire reward.
Fees are paid per byte, and the median transaction size is 226 bytes, according to bitcoinfees.earn.com, which provides an estimated snapshot of current fee level
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