🔸WHY BITCOIN’S MEMPOOL IS CLEAR ? BRUTAL TRUTH 👇🏽

No more congestion… for now.

Bitcoin’s #mempool is clearing out, and it’s not just a random fluke. Several key factors are shaping this moment, but which one had the biggest impact? Let’s break it down #nostr:

✅ Lightning Network Is Holding the Line

While public capacity dipped 7% (now under 5,000 BTC) and channel count declined, routing activity remains strong—#LQWD alone processed 1.15M transactions with 978 BTC routed. Despite mixed signals, Lightning is still easing on-chain pressure.

✅ SegWit, #Bech32 & Batching = Smarter Transactions

• #SegWit keeps ~30-40% adoption, cutting fees by 25-40%. Exchanges like Binance still lag in full adoption despite handling 15% of Bitcoin’s traffic.

• Bech32 addresses now dominate (~65% of new Bitcoin wallets), slashing transaction sizes by 18-25%. Even old-school wallets from 2012-2013 moved $42M into Bech32 last month.

• Batching is crushing fees—@strike cut costs by 50-70%, and #Coinbase batches 90%+ of withdrawals.

✅ Miners Got Ruthless

December 2024 was brutal, with block confirmation peaking at 162.97 minutes on Dec 21. But by late this month January 2025? It’s down to 32.97 minutes. Miners adjusted. Blocks are moving.

✅ Retail Speculators Are Quiet

Fewer impulsive transactions = less congestion. Many are likely keeping #Bitcoin on exchanges instead of moving it around.

I love this network.

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Also the sad reality that a lot of the liquidity now is flowing in and out of the ETF. so no one is moving money from/to their own wallets.

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BITCOIN LIQUIDITY IS TRAPPED.

#Mempool is empty, and it’s a cold truth considering the shitcoinery it was happening on it. Yet most traded Bitcoin isn’t moving because it’s locked up with custodians. ETFs, exchanges, and custodial wallets are holding the keys while retail ignores self-custody. And shitcoiners are moving to cheaper networks.

🏴‍☠️40% of the #bitcoin traded volume still moves through exchanges

🔸OTC balances are up 105%

🚩Only 35% of long-term holder supply went to ETFs

🔸ETF trading volume is just 4% of the total market.

That’s why I don’t think it’s

the ETFs. We simply need to recognise that only a fraction of a fraction is holding their own keys. Which is a rug risk indicator. And also a validation that the sheeple don’t want to be sovereign.

We better take advantage and build better solutions.

The global banks are trying their best to pull liquidity from the world.

Companies are laying off

Credit card debt piling on

Automakers are losing billions

Commercial real estate is imploding

People can't afford homes

The fed can't lower rates below the markets

Governments don'tt know how they are going to avoid hyperinflation

Trade wars are looming

And we are surprised that a new and modern sound money and alternative assets is flat and not a lot of new speculation and liquidity?

Dude, it's amazing to be where we are at with all else going on.