Can’t predict the fees but when block subsidy goes down, fees go up

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On average? Or permanently

6.25 block reward and there’s been months within this cycle where the fees were very low.

The block subsidy goes down every halving. It’s 6.25 now, it’s going to be 3.125 in April 2024, at the next halving. And the block subsidy is divided by two every halving. That’s how Bitcoin is programmed. At some point, in 2140, the block subsidy will be 0. Fees tend to go up every halving to incentivize the miners to continue