Imagine you’re at the biggest sports event of the year, like the World Cup or the Olympics, but instead of athletes, it’s all about Bitcoin, this digital money that people online are super interested in. Just this past Saturday, at a specific time (00:09 UTC), Bitcoin had a “halving” for the fourth time in its 15-year history. It’s a big deal because it’s like a birthday party for Bitcoin that happens every four years.

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• Bitcoin had a big ” halving ” event that happens every four years, making this time its fourth celebration. It got a lot of people excited about digital money.
• A smart guy named Casey made something cool called the Runes protocol. It’s like a new game where you can make your digital treasures, and it made sending Bitcoin cost more because so many people wanted to try it out.
• This big Bitcoin party and the new game show us how Bitcoin is changing and getting more interesting. It’s like adding new levels or tools to your favorite game, making more people want to play.

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Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving Event Triggers Surge in Transaction Fees Amidst Novel Protocol Introduction

Now, even though the price of Bitcoin stayed pretty much the same, something else happened that got everyone talking. The cost of sending Bitcoin shot up! This happened because of something new called the Runes protocol, made by a smart person named Casey Rodarmor. It lets people create new kinds of digital stickers (tokens) using Bitcoin, and everyone was rushing to make their own, which made the sending fees sky-high.

At the moment of the halving, it cost more than $2.4 million just to record that special Bitcoin block (imagine paying that much just to get your place in line!), and the fees kept being high after that because of all the excitement around these new digital stickers.

This event was like a big test for Bitcoin, showing it could handle many people wanting to do new things with it. Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin expert, said it was like putting Bitcoin through a brand-new workout.

Because of the halving, the prize for the people who help keep Bitcoin running (the miners) got cut in half, which means they’ll be looking at these high fees to make up for getting less Bitcoin as a reward. It’s like when you have a lemonade stand and sell fewer cups but start charging more for each because they’re now super special lemonade.

These halvings ensure that there won’t be too many Bitcoins at once, which makes the ones that are already out there more special. Even though we don’t know exactly what will happen next with Bitcoin, this event reminds us how it’s supposed to work without anyone being in charge, just like a game that runs on its own rules.

And, with all these new changes and more people paying attention to Bitcoin because of things like ETFs (VIP passes for big-time investors), it’s like Bitcoin is growing up and might start doing even cooler stuff.

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