Bitcoin Whale Moves 47,835 BTC for $1.78 Fee

One of the reasons the community loves Bitcoin and crypto in general is the opportunity of moving great lumps of money from absolutely any part of the world to any destination without having to hassle with the banking infrastructure necessary for wiring money.

The Bitcoin Block Bot has reported that a short while ago, someone transferred 47,835 BTC. That totals $419,433,065.

The transaction required five confirmations from miners and the fee taken for the transaction was only $1.78 (0.00020160 BTC).

Whale alert! 🐋 Someone moved 47,835 BTC ($417M) in block 630,082 https://t.co/IGVLJDF3sv

— Bitcoin Block Bot (@BtcBlockBot) May 12, 2020

Now, that the major Bitcoin event took place on Monday, May 11, and miners’ rewards total 6.25 BTC instead of 12.5 BTC, new Bitcoins will be injected into the market at half of the speed they were before the event, making BTC more scarce.

The demand, however, remains and many crypto and financial experts expect it to continue growing. This is expected to push the BTC price up from the modest level of $50,000 to as much as $250,000 over the next two-tree years.

Source: u.today