Permanent Sky high Bitcoin Transaction Fees $40+? Miner Self Sabotage?

in #bitcoin7 years ago (edited)

Since almost one MONTH! (Since Dec 7, 2017) the Bitcoin Avg Transaction fees have STAYED above $10 - peaking $49;
which puts is a serious limitation of Bitcoin and hampers price/inflow and
channels funds to improved alternatives ETH and Alt Coins promising to have resolved this problem!
The previous Aug 25 ($9) and Nov 12, 2017 ($19) immediately reversed,
which makes the current spike so concerning and if permanent could half Bitcoins value!
Here is the Chart of the last 6 Months - Comparing BTC with ETH, LTC and Dash:

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