After the sudden rise in Bitcoin’s price in 2023, Bitcoin is hot news. In February, Bitcoin saw an increase in the average daily block size, which is a sign of the recent price rise.
Bitcoin block space utilization is at 100%, as ordinal inscriptions consume 50% of Bitcoin blockspace, according to Pierre Rochard (VP at mining company Riot Platforms).

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Bitcoin Blockchain Activity Increases amid Increasing Demand
OKLink data shows that Bitcoin’s average block size rose to a three-year peak on Monday. The average block size reached more than 2 million. It also led to Bitcoin block utilization running at 100%.
Bitcoin Average Daily Block Size. Source: OKLinkPierre Richard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) tweeted on February 7 that Ordinal Inscriptions were consuming 50% of Bitcoin blockspace, which caused the median fee rate drop. Ordinal Inscriptions, a type of Bitcoin native NFT that allows people associate data like JPEGs and individual sats, is one type of Ordinal Inscriptions.
Luxor Mining, which mined the largest block (#774,628) on the Bitcoin network, made the record for the minting of NFT using Ordinals, by Udi Wertheimer. It took approximately 3.96 MB.
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Glassnode, an on-chain data platform, reported that Taproot’s spent outputs have increased dramatically due to increasing interest in Ordinals and Inscriptions on Bitcoin. Taproot script was used by 2.8% of all outputs in February’s first weeks, compared to 1% mid-Jan.
Glassnode reported that a spike in Bitcoin Taproot activity has led to an increase in Taproot Adoption to an ATH 7.47%, and Taproot Utilization at 2.84%.
Bitcoin Taproot Adoption & Utilization. Source: GlassnodeBitcoin Price to Rally Higher

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Bullish news has led to Bitcoin (BTC), which has seen a 40% increase in price since the beginning of the year. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen nearly 1% over the past 24 hours. It currently trades at $$22954. The 24-hour low and highest are $22,692 (and $23,119) respectively. The trading volume has increased by 15% over the last 24 hours, which indicates a slight rise in interest.
Trading is awaiting the speech of Jerome Powell, Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, today to plan their next move for the coming weeks.
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