{"id":31195,"date":"2020-11-03T15:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31195"},"modified":"2025-08-28T02:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:28:17","slug":"bitcoin-miners-fee-income-in-october-rose-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-miners-fee-income-in-october-rose-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin miners\u2019 fee income in October rose 63%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, Bitcoin miners earned $42.9 million from transaction fees. Compared with September, this figure increased by 63%. Data from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/coinmetrics.io\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Coin Metrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Total revenue of Bitcoin miners for October was $352.7 million \u2014 up 8% from September.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115240\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-bitkoin-majnerov-po-mesyatsam.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u0414\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044b \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0442 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439 \u0432 \u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 63%\\\" width=\\\"678\\\" height=\\\"423\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-bitkoin-majnerov-po-mesyatsam.png 678w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-bitkoin-majnerov-po-mesyatsam-300x187.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ethereum miners fared the opposite: after September\u2019s $171.7 million, in the following month they earned $59.6 million \u2014 66% less. Total revenue stood at $214.3 million, down 33% from the previous figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115241\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-Ethereum-majnerov-po-mesyatsam.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u0414\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044b \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0442 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439 \u0432 \u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 63%\\\" width=\\\"688\\\" height=\\\"409\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-Ethereum-majnerov-po-mesyatsam.png 688w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dohody-Ethereum-majnerov-po-mesyatsam-300x178.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons affecting revenues was a change in the average transaction fee. By October 30, this value in the Bitcoin network <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-transaction-fees-climb-to-january-2018-levels\">exceeded<\/a> $13 for the first time since January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The average Ethereum transaction fee fell by more than half. This trend in miners\u2019 revenue structure has been evident since mid-September. On November 1, the average ETH transaction fee reached $1.04.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115242\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-srednej-komissii.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u0414\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438\\\" width=\\\"1020\\\" height=\\\"511\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-srednej-komissii.png 1020w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-srednej-komissii-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-srednej-komissii-768x385.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On-chain activity in the Bitcoin ecosystem rose in line with the volume of value transmitted over the blockchain from September\u2019s $77.7 billion to $94 billion in October. The opposite trend was observed in the Ethereum network \u2014 from $70 billion to $43 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115243\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-obema-peredannoj-stoimosti-v-blokchejnah.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u0414\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u044a\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0432 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d\u0430\u0445\\\" width=\\\"756\\\" height=\\\"485\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-obema-peredannoj-stoimosti-v-blokchejnah.png 756w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-obema-peredannoj-stoimosti-v-blokchejnah-300x192.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The October on-chain activity metric was the highest since July 2019 ($93.45 billion). This affected the congestion of the blockchains of popular cryptocurrencies and the dynamics of transaction fees.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_115244\\\" style=\\\"width: 808px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-115244\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-115244\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1111-3.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u041e\u0431\u044a\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430\\\" width=\\\"798\\\" height=\\\"436\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1111-3.png 798w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1111-3-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1111-3-768x420.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-115244\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Volume of value transferred through the Bitcoin blockchain. Data: The Block, Coin Metrics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As noted on Oct. 25, the average size of a Bitcoin transaction fee <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-network-fees-jump-nearly-200-in-three-days\">rose<\/a> to its highest level in more than two years \u2014 $10.24. The trend continued, and on Oct. 30 the figure reached $13.14.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog\u2019s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, Bitcoin miners earned $42.9 million from transaction fees. Compared with September, this figure rose 63%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1178,1137,46],"class_list":["post-31195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-blockchain-fees","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"24","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31197,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31195\/revisions\/31197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}