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 Really?

If you’re just guessing, you should maybe preface that with “I dunno…” or “just spitballin’ here“ or “Just pulling this out of my ass…“ to couch your superficial assessment.

Exhibit: Number of Bitcoin Blockchain Transactions by Epoch

For reference, the past halving was in Epoch 417. 

It’s exploding and we’re seeing between 7M and 9M Bitcoin transactions per epoch, which is higher, way higher, than it’s ever been. https://image.nostr.build/e40bbb6aad412e1d2e601c5a72bd6208429a65650e642d5d98b2446f4cd25a00.jpg