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🚨Bitcoin’s Catastrophic Problem NO ONE Is Talking About!

Bitcoin produces 144 blocks per day. Fees are paid per block, every ~10 minutes.

Yesterday, Bitcoin Layer-1 fees totaled ~2.6 BTC for the entire day. (Approx. $180K)

That works out to ~0.018 $BTC per block.

Meanwhile, the real cost to secure a block (electricity + hardware) is often $150k–$200k, depending on hash rate and energy prices.

Today, miners survive because of the 3.125 $BTC block subsidy. Fees do not matter NOW, because the Bitcoin emissions are worth enough to offset costs.

🚨THE PROBLEM? When Bitcoin reaches 21 million supply, that subsidy goes to zero.

At that point, fees must fully pay miners — or hash rate drops, security weakens, and the system degrades.

To break even long-term, Bitcoin needs tens of millions per day in L1 fees. Yesterday was sub $200,000.

I own Bitcoin. I want it to succeed.

But pretending this isn’t a real issue won’t solve it.
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Bitcoin Woods · 6d
Block subsidy has 114 years to go. Just saying.
michael · 6d
how about we work on quantum and security budget concerns over near/mid-term and leave that long-term issue for another decade