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The BTC UTXO problem

30 Sep 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Piasic $0.03

Core Question We know BTC as having some of the highest gas fees of all crypto. And that will hardly ever be solved, but why?    Understanding the fees and network When you perform a transaction, you pay a fee. For bitcoin, that is measured in sats (...

Who is collecting your Layer 2 gas fees?

24 Sep 2026 2 minute read 2 comments Piasic $0.18

Core Question When you send crypto on Layer 2s (L2s), who is actually collecting your small fees, and how does that replace say an Ethereum transaction that is supposed to cost $5 with maybe .1 cents ($.001)?   What are Layer 2s? Layer 2s are essenti...

Bitcoin and future fees

7 Mar 2026 4 minute read 9 comments crypto newbie mom $0.43

  Good morning/evening     Do you have that 1 article that you struggle to finish or is it just me? This was started in January after a comment from a friend and I have thrown my thoughts here, not that I know what will happen in the future or that I...

Bitcoin Mining Reality: Yield Over Hype

7 Feb 2026 2 minute read 0 comments @OrngeHorizonBTC $0.15

Introduction: We can look at the numbers. In 2021, the peak bull euphoria pushed daily Bitcoin fees past $50M. Essentially, miners were printing money. 💰 By 2023, fees cratered to below $1M per day, even as the difficulty kept climbing. Why? Real us...

The $2 Trillion Experiment: Bitcoin's Countdown to the Event Horizon.

11 Dec 2025 8 minute read 2 comments ssaurel $0.51

On the surface, Bitcoin is a monolith. It is the pristine asset, the digital apex predator, the “orange coin” that institutions, nation-states, and retail investors have collectively valued at over $2 trillion. Bitcoin is celebrated for its immutabil...

Hyperliquid Referral Code “TRENCHWIZARD” The Only Thing Stopping You From Funding Everyone Else’s Yacht

23 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryptoharvester $0.02

If you’re trading size onchain, you already know fees are the silent killer. A fraction of a percent on $100,000,000 in monthly volume? That’s Picasso money pissed away to a middleman who thinks you’re just another tourist just because you didn’t bot...

Arbitrage Profit Killers: My Costly Education in Slippage and Fees

3 Jul 2025 4 minute read 0 comments SwapHunt $0.10

Okay, let's talk about the not-so-glamorous side of crypto arbitrage: costs. Everyone focuses on the potential profit, but honestly, that's only half the battle. The other half? Not getting eaten alive by slippage and fees. I wish someone had drilled...

[ENG/ITA] How Much Am I Earning for the DEC-GRAIN Liquidity Pool?

12 Jun 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Arc7icWolf $0.06

La versione italiana  si trova sotto quella inglese  The italian version  is under the english one  How Much Am I Earning for the DEC-GRAIN Liquidity Pool?     Liquidity pools are one of the DeFi features I appreciate most: having a decentralized w...

Is ATOM Dead? These Metrics Have Me Seriously Worried

14 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Bfab $0.06

To tell you everything, I'm an early adopter of the Cosmos ecosystem. I've believed in the vision and potential for years, and I've even staked my ATOM to show my support. But lately, I've been looking at some metrics on Token Terminal, and I can't h...

Fees are why crypto won't become mainstream

12 Aug 2024 1 minute read 5 comments Aldeneer $0.08

Recently an anonymous ethereum user has spent 90k dollars in gas fees on the network for just a transfer of 2k$ worth of ETH. They spent 34.26 ETH in fees to transfer 0.87 ETH. (source: @TheDEFIac on X formerly twitter) Crazy! Right now ETH gas fees...