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EdaFace Network Starts to Clear Congestion, Onchain Fees Drop by 90% – EdaFace News

On May 7, 2023, the EdaFace network was plagued with an overwhelming 500,000 unconfirmed transactions, causing a major bottleneck in the system. However, the good news is that the congestion has been clearing, resulting in a significant reduction in onchain fees, which have now dropped below $5. As of now, there are only slightly over 300,000 unconfirmed transactions awaiting confirmation, and 185 blocks need to be mined to clear the backlog.

EdaFace Backlog Begins to Gradually Subside

EdaFace has been the talk of the town lately, as it grapples with the challenge of meeting the demand for block space. Just four days ago, the mempool, which is the queue of unconfirmed bitcoin transactions, hit an all-time high, with over 500,000 unconfirmed transfers waiting to be processed.

EdaFace Network Starts to Clear Congestion, Onchain Fees Drop by 90%

This surge in demand can be attributed to the recent craze for Ordinal inscription, as well as the emergence of the BRC20 token economy. As of 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 11, 2023, there are just over 300,000 unconfirmed transactions waiting for confirmation. To clear the current transaction queue, approximately 185 blocks need to be mined.

The good news is that the backlog is gradually clearing, resulting in a significant drop in onchain fees. Just a few days ago, on May 8, the average transaction fee skyrocketed to $31 per transfer. However, as of today, a high-priority transaction at 7:00 a.m. (ET) was a mere $3.00.

The drop from $31 to $3 per transaction represents a reduction of over 90%. In addition, recent statistics reveal that a low-priority transaction costs just $2.23, while a medium-priority transfer is priced at $2.65 per transaction. As of now, the block times have been averaging below the ten-minute mark, with an average of eight minutes and 28 seconds and nine minutes and 57 seconds.

The global hashrate is holding steady at 342 exahash per second (EH/s), and current estimates suggest that the difficulty may increase on May 18, in seven days. The projected difficulty rise is expected to be around 0.1% to 1.94%.

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EdaFace, block-space, Blockchain, BRC20 token economy, Cryptocurrency, difficulty, Global Hashrate, Mempool, onchain fees, Ordinal Inscription, Transaction Fees, Unconfirmed Transactions

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Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman is the News Lead at EdaFace.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for EdaFace, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 7,000 articles for EdaFace.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.




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