On April 19, an unknown wallet sent 1.34 BTC (~$87,000 at the time of the transaction), paying a fee of $17,500. The transaction fee rate was 105,305 sat/vB. This means the user overpaid by approximately 1269 times. The transaction was confirmed by a miner from the ViaBTC pool.

On April 18, another investor spent $13,250 on a fee for transferring 0.58 BTC (~$37,800). With a rate of 133,337 sat/vB, their overpayment was x2186. This transaction was verified by a miner from the Foundry USA pool.

In January, an unknown party paid a fee of 4.03 BTC ($173,148) for a single Bitcoin transaction, despite the transaction amount being only 2.9 BTC.

On November 23, a user spent a record-breaking 83.65 BTC ($3.1 million) in fees while transferring 55.77 BTC ($2.1 million). The sender, known as 83_5BTC, claimed to have fallen victim to a hacking attack. AntPool expressed readiness to refund the fee after verifying the user's identity.

Recall that in April 2024, the average Bitcoin network transaction fee size (7DMA) exceeded $16 amid the frenzy surrounding Runes. 💸

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