Ordinals developer: Due to Runes, the fees in the last few Bitcoin blocks have exceeded the coinbase reward

Leonidas, the developer of Ordinals, stated on social media that fees have exceeded the Coinbase reward in the last five Bitcoin blocks. Runes users have offset the decrease in rewards after the halving, significantly increasing Bitcoin's security budget.

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