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Renaud Cuny
@Renaud
๐Ÿงต "Bitcoin is a ghost town" they say, pointing to quiet mempools
But in the last 3 months, $60B+ moved on-chain daily on average
That's 588,824 BTC flowing through the network every single day
The "ghost town" crowd is measuring the wrong thing entirely... ๐Ÿ‘‡

2/ Here's what's actually happening:
While transaction COUNT dropped slightly, transaction VALUE remains massive:

$60B+ daily on-chain transfers
4.3M BTC weekly (21.6% of total supply)
Same volume levels as 5 months ago

This isn't a ghost town - it's serious money moving seriously

3/ Plot twist: Bitcoin on-chain value often EXCEEDS daily spot trading volume
June 11th example:
๐ŸŸ  624,437 BTC moved on-chain
โšช 467,791 BTC spot volume
Real Bitcoin โ†’ Real wallets vs. Paper trading โ†’ Same coins recycling
Which one matters more? ๐Ÿค”

4/ What this actually signals:
โœ… Less speculation, more actual utility
โœ… Institutions moving capital quietly
โœ… Bitcoin working as designed: final settlement layer
โœ… Empty mempool = efficiency, not abandonment
The network is maturing, not dying

5/ The "ghost town" narrative completely misses the point
Bitcoin isn't about constant mempool chaos - it's about moving real value efficiently
What other "obvious" metrics do you think tell incomplete Bitcoin stories?

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