#According to Cointelegraph, data shows transaction fees have reached a 20-month high, with 4,444 Bitcoin miners benefiting from higher transaction fees.

Bitcoin transaction costs are currently divided as the price of remittance BTC continues to rise.

On December 17, data from statistical resource BitInfoCharts showed that average transaction fees reached almost $40, the highest amount since April 2021.

At the same time, miners' income increased rapidly, rivaling the price of BTC when it reached its all-time high.

It reached a 2021 high of $69,000 in November.

Recent Bitcoin network activity, including a surge in transactions generated by Bitcoin Ordinals, has increased transaction fees for all network users.

For comparison, Bitcoin's memory pool, the pool of unconfirmed transactions waiting to be included in the next block, has increased significantly.

As a result, even transactions with fees as low as $2 do not receive on-chain priority.

This has sparked a heated debate among Bitcoin supporters.

Some market participants believe that high trading fees are due to network congestion and will decrease over time, while others argue that high trading fees are an inevitable future scenario.

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Regarding miner revenue, Blockchain.com data highlights that the total miner revenue derived from block grants and USD-denominated fees has reached the level previously reached in November 2021.

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Commentators such as Hodlonaut argue that the current high fees are a glimpse into the future, as scaling doesn't occur on Layer 1. This statement encourages Bitcoin users to embrace Layer-2 solutions like the Lightning Network, designed to cater to mass adoption without overwhelming the main Bitcoin network.

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