On September 10, an unknown user paid 1,982,108,632 satoshi ($510,750) as a commission to miners for transferring 0.074 BTC.

Will put these 20 BTC on hold for now. To be redistributed to miners if nobody comes to claim it after three days. https://t.co/GsRUnAP9jQ

— Chun (@satofishi) September 11, 2023

According to journalist Colin Wu, this is the largest payment in dollar terms for confirming a transaction to date.

At the same time, the average commission on the Bitcoin network is 0.000084 BTC ($2.18), according to BitInfoCharts.