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by JohnTHaller 790 days ago
I send wire transfers via Wise for about $4. I can receive ACH payments for free. I do both with PortableApps.com. The transaction fees for Bitcoin are so high, most of our users stopped using it for donations and things.

Back in 2013, we'd get a BTC donation every week or two. Now we get one maybe every 3 months. In 2013, the average BTC transaction fee was about 3 cents. Today, the average fee was $19.76.