BTC Fees per Block: 0.02
How much bitcoin in fees a miner collects from a typical block, shown next to the fixed new-coin payout per block. The gap between the two is Bitcoin's long-term security question.
The day's total transaction fees divided by the roughly 144 blocks found that day — the average fee income per block — drawn alongside the fixed new-coin reward per block.
For example, fees of 0.08 ₿ per block against a 3.125 ₿ new-coin reward means fees make up about 2.5% of what a miner earns. Every four years the new-coin part halves while fees do not, so this comparison is how you watch Bitcoin shift from paying miners with new coins to paying them with fees.
Days when the fee bar spikes **above** 1 ₿ per block are congestion events.
In words: the day's total fees in bitcoin divided by 144 blocks, drawn next to the fixed reward per block from Bitcoin's halving schedule.
It uses a flat 144 blocks a day while the real count wanders by a few percent. It is a daily average, so it **cannot** show the difference between a packed block and a nearly empty one.
blockchain.com daily total transaction fees, stored in our own database (2009 to today) and refreshed hourly. Nothing is fetched from another site when you open this chart.
Own compute from blockchain.com daily data, 2009 to today — nothing is fetched from another site when you open this chart