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Bitcoin reaches 1 billion transaction milestone
Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, marked a significant milestone by processing its billionth transaction. This achievement highlights the robust activity and growing adoption of Bitcoin despite fluctuating market conditions.
The Bitcoin community, especially on social media platforms like X (Twitter), is full of celebrations. The excitement highlights the importance of this milestone for investors and enthusiasts.
The way forward: Bitcoin after 1 billion transactions
Network data confirmed this historic moment for Bitcoin. Clark Moody’s panel show that the total transaction count on the Bitcoin network has reached 1,000,193,647. Additionally, data from Swan indicates that the 1 billion transaction milestone was reached at the peak of the block of 842,241.
Recent data from Glassnode points to April 23 as the day with the highest number of Bitcoin transactions in 2024 so far. On that date, 926,842 transactions were recorded when Bitcoin was priced at US$66,403. However, the previous day’s transaction count was 625,859, with the price of Bitcoin at around $64,000.
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Number of Bitcoin transactions. Source: Glassnode
Despite this milestone, Bitcoin’s scalability continues to be a topic of discussion. Crypto analyst Colin Talks Crypto shared his insights. He sees that challenges and potential scaling issues still remain as Bitcoin continues to grow.
He predicts that Bitcoin Price A “euphoric explosion” could occur, leading to massive congestion and a significant increase in transaction fees. Such scenarios can make the transaction unaffordable for many. As fees may exceed the balance on over 90% of Bitcoin addresses, making these balances essentially unusable.
“It can also mean waiting weeks or even months for the backlog of transactions to be cleared from the mempool. That’s when I think things have a chance to change. […] Only when congestion and fees get bad enough that most people are prevented from using the system will there be enough protests to finally increase the block size. In my opinion, it could be that things could get worse than the 2015-2017 transaction delay and high fees to cause the change,” Colin added.
Colin’s perspective highlights a critical debate within the Bitcoin community between “big blockers” and “small blockers.” Big blockers advocate increasing block size to handle more transactions and reduce fees. On the other hand, the latter resist such changes, focusing on maintaining decentralization and security.
Furthermore, Colin also criticizes the effectiveness of Lightning Network, a proposed solution to Bitcoin’s scalability problems. He suggests that it cannot solve the core problems of the base layer.
As Bitcoin faces these challenges, the community remains divided over the best path forward. While some advocate significant changes to the protocol to improve scalability, others believe the current infrastructure, including secondary layers like the Lightning Network, will evolve to meet demand. It is expected to occur without compromising the fundamental principles of Bitcoin, this evolution will maintain the fundamental values of the system.
Amid the new milestone, Bitcoin’s market performance continues to attract attention. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $63,805, marking a 0.94% increase in the last 24 hours. This recent increase follows a rise below the $60,000 thresholdcatalyzed by a favorable US labor report the previous Friday.
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However, a new report from Bitfinex suggests a possible price stabilization period for Bitcoin, which can last up to two months. This anticipated stability could provide respite to the market, allowing users and developers to focus on long-term solutions for scalability and usability.
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