1. Introduction
I was really curious on how bitcoin transaction fees and speed performs today after reading articles and posts saying that it has significantly "improve" or it went back on how it used to be before all of the hypes. So today, I tried to check if there is truth in all of these posts.
This article will present actual evidences of transactions and will try to analyze the differences of each evidence and what may have cause the results.
2. Methodology
To do this I did the following steps:
2.1. I used a bitcoin wallet via a platform used for payment and to buy bitcoin.
2.2. I transferred bitcoin from my bitcoin wallet to my steemit wallet.
2.3. I checked how much the transfer fee is if I try sending to a crypto exchange platform.
2.4. I compared the transaction fee of method (2.2) vs (2.3).
2.5. I compared the transaction fee and speed of method (2.2) vs my previous transaction.
3. Case Study
3.1. Past transaction fee and speed
The last time I transferred bitcoin was last January 12 at around 9:30 PM (GMT+8). That time, the price of bitcoin was around $13.8k apiece, and was not yet dipping as much as the dip right now. I sent 0.00686579 BTC to my exchange wallet and it had a fee of 0.00037179 BTC. The transaction duration took around 2.5 hours before it was completed.
3.2. Bitcoin wallet to Steemit
Today, at 9:13 AM, I transferred 0.00792721 BTC to my steemit wallet. The transaction fee was 0.00001271 BTC and it was completed at 10:21 AM.
3.3. Bitcoin wallet to crypto exchange bitcoin wallet
At 10:00, I checked how much the transaction fee is if I will transfer 0.00792721 BTC from my bitcoin wallet to an exchange bitcoin wallet. The transaction fee was 0.00001337.
3.4. Summary of given data
3.4.1. Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price on January 12 was around $13,800 per coin.
Bitcoin price at the time of present transaction is around $10,950 per coin.
3.4.2. Past transaction
Transferred amount = 0.00686579 BTC or $94.75
Fee = 0.00037179 BTC or $5.13
Speed = around 150 minutes
3.4.3. Present Transaction - Bitcoin to Steemit (Actual)
Transferred amount = 0.00792721 BTC or $86.80
Fee = 0.00001271 BTC or $0.14
Speed = 68 minutes
3.4.4. Present Transaction - Bitcoin to Exchange Bitcoin Wallet (Trial)
Amount = 0.00792721 BTC or $86.80
Fee = 0.00001337 BTC or $0.15
3.5. Results
Using the methodologies 2.4. and 2.5., I have achieved the following results.
3.5.1. Comparison of Present Transaction vs. Trial Transaction
Using the same amount, the transaction fee for the trial transaction is higher by 0.00000066 BTC ($.007) than the actual transaction. However, there is a difference of 47 minutes between the actual and trial transaction. The change of bitcoin price during the 47 minute duration might be the reason for the variance between the transaction fees.
3.5.2. Comparison of Past Transaction vs. Present Transaction
The past transaction is higher by 0.00035908 BTC ($4.96) than the present transaction fee. The rate is also faster by 82 minutes.
Using the same amount, the transaction fee for the trial transaction is higher by 0.00000066 BTC ($.007) than the actual transaction. However, there is a difference of 47 minutes between the actual and trial transaction. The change of bitcoin price during the 47 minute duration might be the reason for the variance between the transaction fees.
3.5.2. Comparison of Past Transaction vs. Present Transaction
The past transaction is higher by 0.00035908 BTC ($4.96) than the present transaction fee. The rate is also faster by 82 minutes.
The past transaction is higher by 0.00035908 BTC ($4.96) than the present transaction fee. The rate is also faster by 82 minutes.
4. Conclusion
Bitcoin’s transfer fee and fee is significantly much better today than more than 2 weeks ago. The possible reasons for this significant change is 1) the implementation of Lightning Network and 2) less volume of transactions. No evidence regarding the cause of significant change was presented in this article, thus, we cannot arrive on a conclusion on why or how the change occur.
Disclaimer
This post is not a professional guide nor do I claim it to be. I just want to share my knowledge to my fellow crypto traders; hoping that this will help them broaden their knowledge in crypto trading.
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