BTC logo
BTC
$110,930.49
0.40%
ETH logo
ETH
$4,032.11
0.20%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0006
0.04%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,175.68
0.17%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4146
2.48%
SOL logo
SOL
$195.13
3.08%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3220
1.14%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1961
2.50%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6717
4.60%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$38.47
6.04%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.26
4.38%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9999
0.03%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3261
4.20%
BCH logo
BCH
$521.79
2.84%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6697
5.89%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.95
1.27%
WBT logo
WBT
$42.03
1.34%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6394
0.02%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1804
2.30%
BTC logo
BTC
$110,930.49
0.40%
ETH logo
ETH
$4,032.11
0.20%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0006
0.04%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,175.68
0.17%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4146
2.48%
SOL logo
SOL
$195.13
3.08%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3220
1.14%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1961
2.50%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6717
4.60%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$38.47
6.04%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.26
4.38%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9999
0.03%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3261
4.20%
BCH logo
BCH
$521.79
2.84%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6697
5.89%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.95
1.27%
WBT logo
WBT
$42.03
1.34%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6394
0.02%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1804
2.30%
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If Bitcoin Can’t Handle a Few JPEGs, How Can It Handle the World?

Network congestion from ordinals and BRC-20s is a stress test – and Bitcoin is failing.

By David Z. Morris
Updated Jun 14, 2024, 5:43 p.m. Published May 10, 2023, 6:15 p.m.
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