Bitcoin miners are experiencing a significant revenue surge due to the rise in transaction fees from Bitcoin Runes, a novel protocol for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin network, as stated by Nazar Khan, the co-founder and CEO of TeraWulf. Khan emphasized the impact of Runes on transaction fees, noting, “Runes significantly increased the transaction fees, so if anything, there was an increase in the hash price in the first 24-30 hours [after halving]. Since then, we’ve seen transaction fees come down, but compared to the average fees in 2023, they’re still pretty high.” Given that the remainder of the