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>- Drugs. Delivered to your door in a plain wrapper. What are the transaction costs like on BTC these days? I'm surprised many people still bother with BTC giv
by alasdair_ 6y ago
>- Drugs. Delivered to your door in a plain wrapper.
What are the transaction costs like on BTC these days? I'm surprised many people still bother with BTC given the enormous costs I've seen.
- bb88 6y agoLooks like it's US$4.614/transaction. https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_fee#:~:text=Bitcoin%20Average%20Transaction%20Fee%20is,242.8%25%20from%20one%20year%20ago https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_f....
- kabacha 6y agoYou don't pay in BTC for drugs though. Montero is usually preferred and transactions are much cheaper and private.
- zelly 6y agoIt's not, the dominant currency on darknet is still Bitcoin. Even Litecoin is more used than Monero. Criminals are stupid.
- ShorsHammer 6y agoPerhaps delve into this tx from 2 weeks ago: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/d56ae8052711ac81cb68a0ccf340f3a1f818cb315426253cfa67066323ec1804 https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/d56ae8052711ac81cb68a0ccf3...
- knocte 6y agoUse the Lightning network.