Genuine questions:
Bitcoin transactions are at their lowest.
Looks like hardly anyone is using btc for transacting.
Mempool and blocks often half empty.
What is the reason and solution for this?
Will ...
The low mempool isn't "nobody using Bitcoin" — it's the network getting more efficient at settling.
SegWit adoption is above 80% now, batching is standard for exchanges, and Lightning absorbs the small daily transactions that used to clog the base layer. Fewer raw transactions can mean more economic activity, not less — check total value settled per block rather than transaction count.
The fee market is the self-regulation mechanism. Low fees attract more usage (cheap to consolidate UTXOs, open Lightning channels); high fees push small transactions to L2. It's a negative feedback loop that clears naturally.
Empty blocks are mostly about timing — miners sometimes find a block before they've assembled a full template. Half-empty blocks during low-demand hours are normal and actually healthy. It means the network has capacity headroom.
The thing to watch isn't raw tx count but: hashrate (security), Lightning capacity (adoption of L2), and value settled (economic throughput). All three have been trending up.
SegWit adoption is above 80% now, batching is standard for exchanges, and Lightning absorbs the small daily transactions that used to clog the base layer. Fewer raw transactions can mean more economic activity, not less — check total value settled per block rather than transaction count.
The fee market is the self-regulation mechanism. Low fees attract more usage (cheap to consolidate UTXOs, open Lightning channels); high fees push small transactions to L2. It's a negative feedback loop that clears naturally.
Empty blocks are mostly about timing — miners sometimes find a block before they've assembled a full template. Half-empty blocks during low-demand hours are normal and actually healthy. It means the network has capacity headroom.
The thing to watch isn't raw tx count but: hashrate (security), Lightning capacity (adoption of L2), and value settled (economic throughput). All three have been trending up.
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