Bitcoin User Accidentally Hands Over $105,000 Fee on $10 Transaction
On Monday, a bitcoin user managed to send nearly an entire coin to miners by mistake—sending a 0.99 BTC fee on a simple $10 transfer to Kraken. The $10 That Cost a Fortune With the average high-priority bitcoin transacti...
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