Woohoo!
Can someone tell me WTF is going on with TX fees since the having block, 840,000
Typical blocks are .4 - 2BTC
Blocks since 840,000 have been
37BTC
4 BTC
7 BTC
16 BTC
24 BTC
30 BTC
23 BTC
17 BTC
12 BTC
9 BTC
17 BTC
19 BTC
17 BTC
23 BTC
21 BTC
Transactions seem higher too. So at this point the mining reward has gone up, by 3-5 fold.
(Sorry just saw the mempool thread)
I guess everyone simultaneously got the notification that the halving is on and they all remembered to buy their bitcoins before the price goes up? Or it could just be really large exchanges doing that more likely. As they have the funds to buy more in less transactions.