List of Flash News about BTC decentralization risk
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2025-09-19 15:54 |
Bitcoin BTC Out-of-Band Fees Risk: BitMEX Research Warns Transaction Accelerators Could Undermine Decentralization and Censorship Resistance
According to @BitMEXResearch, transaction accelerator services are an example of out-of-band fees on Bitcoin, where fees are arranged outside the public mempool process. Source: https://blog.bitmex.com/miner-fee-gathering-capability-part-2-out-of-band-fees/; https://x.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1969067597372027389 According to @BitMEXResearch, if out-of-band fees become very popular, this is potentially bad for Bitcoin’s decentralisation and therefore its censorship resistance. Source: https://blog.bitmex.com/miner-fee-gathering-capability-part-2-out-of-band-fees/; https://x.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1969067597372027389 According to @BitMEXResearch, the article examines private fee arrangements between users and miners and outlines the decentralization and censorship-resistance risks associated with these out-of-band mechanisms. Source: https://blog.bitmex.com/miner-fee-gathering-capability-part-2-out-of-band-fees/ According to @BitMEXResearch, this research highlights a network-structure risk that traders focused on BTC fundamentals can monitor when evaluating fee-market dynamics and miner behavior. Source: https://blog.bitmex.com/miner-fee-gathering-capability-part-2-out-of-band-fees/ |