Coin World reported on June 9 that the average daily transaction volume on the Bitcoin network fell to 317,000 last Friday, marking a new low since October 2023. Data shows that on June 1, the number of block confirmations for a single day was only 256,000, and multiple transactions with fees below the 1 sat/vB standard rate were packaged by miners, including a transaction with an ultra-low fee of 0.1 sat/vB submitted by Mempool founder Mononaut (total fee approximately $0.01), which was processed by the mining company MARA through a dedicated channel, Slipstream, after being stuck in the mempool for a month.
On June 6, 31 Bitcoin Core developers jointly signed an open letter opposing the filtering of low-fee or non-standard transactions, emphasizing the essential property of Bitcoin as a censorship-resistant system. The developers pointed out that forcing users to use private channels like Slipstream would undermine decentralization. This stance was opposed by figures like Samson Mow, founder of Jan3, who argued that core developers are removing protective mechanisms for spam transactions.

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