) amassed over 926,000 daily transactions on April 23, surpassing the previous high of over 731,000 transactions reached in December 2023,The record daily transaction count occurred three days after the Bitcoin halving on April 20, which coincided with the launch of Bitcoin Runes, a new protocol for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin network.
“Runes and Ordinals are demonstrating the value of block space... The Bitcoin network is the most decentralized, secure, and robust network that exists, so there will be use cases and value derived from that block space.”Despite the record transaction count, the Bitcoin price remains subdued, just above the $64,000 mark. The world’s first cryptocurrency fell over 9% on the monthly chart,“Runestone, RSIC, and PUPS are already pumping, promising holders shiny new Rune token airdrops.