Ethereum Miners Made $113 Million In August, 2020

Ethereum Miners Made $113 Million In August 2020.

Average Ethereum miner revenue from fees has surged to $800,000 per hour in the past 24 hours.

Published on September 2, 2020.

ETH Miners are definitely cashing in big time.

Data retrieved from Glassnode revealed ETH miners earned a total of $113m from fees in August. In April this number was at only $3m – that’s a 38x increase, a 1.8x increase from the previous ATH in January 2018.

In comparison: BTC miners earned $39million in August, almost 3x less.

#Ethereum transaction fees in perspective: Miners earned a total of $113M from fees in August.

In April this number was at only $3M – that’s a 38x increase!

And a 1.8x increase from the previous ATH in Jan 2018.

The average Ethereum miner revenue from fees has now surged to $800,000 per hour in the past 24 hours.

The Ethereum network in recent times has had constant issues with high transaction fees and congestion since the rise of DeFi tokens. Recently, the network increased the limit of maximum gas per block from 10,000,000 gases to 12,500,000 gases.

However, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently advised crypto traders and investors on utilizing the layer-two technology in solving high transaction fees. He tweeted:

“To those replying with “gas fees are too high”, my answer to that is “well then more people should be accepting payments directly through zksync/loopring/OMG”. Seriously, scaling to 2500+ TPS for simple-payments applications is here, we just need to… use it.”
— (@VitalikButerin)

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My take on this is that it’s not healthy and the prospects of DeFi tokens are being threatened, and the small Crypto users are been frustrated.

Take a look at these;

  • In April this number was at only $3 million (i.e. a whooping 38x increase).

  • Compare it to BTC miners earning of $39 million in same August, almost 3x less.

  • The advice of Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum
    Co-founder, does not hold water.

  • Remember that when BTC mining fee went up, people resorted to changing their coins to Bitcoin Cash before transferring.

NB: This matter calls for a drastic action.

Or, what do you think, wonderful Trusteers?

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Dear Trusteers,
Judging from the huge money made from ethereum mining, it’s obvious that it’s now a very lucrative business venture.

One may consider going into it.
What’s your take on this? Do you advise accordingly?

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They are still making more money as we speak, one will just wish to key in before its too late

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