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by rafaelero 1861 days ago
I am getting tired of seeing this point being raised time and time again. But I am going to assume that you are just uninformed and try it one more time. There is no meaningful 'cost per transaction' in Bitcoin. There could be 0 transactions per block as well as could be > 100 millions transactions per block (assuming people are using L2 solutions). The cost is used to sustain the whole network.
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That's like saying "There is no meaningful 'miles per tank of gas' for cars. You could spend the whole tank idling or you could go across the Pacific on a single tank (assuming you're being transported on a ferry)."
There could be but arent