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Bitcoin’s April rally helped push on-chain volume to a 10 month high, but despite the progress of scaling solutions, bitcoin transaction fees increased by almost 200%. What are the implications?
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Probably the biggest challenge that bitcoin faces today is scalability. Currently, bitcoin users are being charged an average of over $30 per transaction and transactions can take several hours to confirm. This is a far cry from the days when it was possible to send bitcoin within minutes to anywhere in the world for a few cents.
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