Bitcoin transaction fees and unconfirmed transactions have caused concern over a potential Denial of Service (DoS) "attack" on the network. Some analysts have allayed these fears, attributing the congestion to increased demand on the network, which has caused total fees per block to temporarily exceed the block subsidy reward of 6.25 BTC for the first time since 2017. The surge in activity has been attributed to the rise in Ordinals inscriptions. Some on Crypto Twitter speculated that the congestion resulted from a DoS attack on the Bitcoin network, but analysts quickly pointed out that it was due to demand. Binance has suspended Bitcoin transactions citing the large volume of pending transactions.
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