Bitcoin has 8x as many unconfirmed TXs (80,000+) and fee is 40x, compared to 2 days ago.
From 10,000 to 80,000+ unconfirmed transactions:
![](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmPbXLTFzxMzeTdTwWcRr5yjHqavTHhG6RgbWq8P52xcxP/image.png)
From 1.24 BTC to 76.5 BTC+ pending transaction fee:
![](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmUxUhqsmDbN5rXrhTCyCEPD1MstGJdubbcrw7DiVSBTf3/image.png)
Sources:
https://core.jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2d
https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions
Bitcoin Cash clears the mempool with every block. The Flippening is here.
I have followed you, please follow back!@alviem Reckon it has anything to do with SegWit activating very soon?
Maybe partially, but I think it's because a lot of the mining pools have switched to mining BCH (Bitcoin Cash) and it's created a large backlog as blocks aren't being found as quickly.