New record: Bitcoin processes 1.6M confirmed payments in a day
The launch of Bitcoin Runes played an important role in the spike in the total number of transactions over the Bitcoin network.
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The launch of Bitcoin Runes played an important role in the spike in the total number of transactions over the Bitcoin network.
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