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A growing record of every notable Bitcoin on-chain signal print: long-dormant coins waking up, government wallets moving, exchanges collapsing, mempool storms. Each one its own page. Cite ChainQuery, screenshot the chart, send it.

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2024-07-23 cdd extreme
Sovereign + trustee distribution window (July 2024)
Two parallel coin-distribution sequences peak on the same day: the German BKA's final Movie2K sales and the start of the Mt. Gox trustee's ~140K BTC distribution to creditors. 59.6M BTC·days, z = 4.24.
2024-04-19 fee-pressure severe
Halving-eve fee spike + Runes launch
Block 840,000 (the fourth halving) and the launch of the Runes protocol coincide. Single-block fees peak at unprecedented levels as the halving block alone collects ~37.6 BTC in fees.
2024-03-23 cdd extreme
German government BTC distribution — wave 3 peak
Peak day of the German BKA's distribution of the Movie2K seizure. Coins seized in 2020 and dormant 3+ years move in coordinated transfers — 163M BTC·days, z = 8.34.
2023-05-07 fee-pressure severe
Ordinals storm — fastest tier $30+
Peak of the first ordinals-driven mempool storm. BRC-20 mints and Inscriptions fill blocks for weeks. Severe band sustained as fees reach ~700 sat/vB.
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2024-04-19 fee-pressure severe
Halving-eve fee spike + Runes launch
Block 840,000 (the fourth halving) and the launch of the Runes protocol coincide. Single-block fees peak at unprecedented levels as the halving block alone collects ~37.6 BTC in fees.
2023-05-07 fee-pressure severe
Ordinals storm — fastest tier $30+
Peak of the first ordinals-driven mempool storm. BRC-20 mints and Inscriptions fill blocks for weeks. Severe band sustained as fees reach ~700 sat/vB.
2017-12-21 fee-pressure severe
Cycle-top fee storm — fastest tier $55+
Bitcoin's first mainstream-attention fee storm. The mempool fills with retail buyers chasing the ATH; fastest-tier fees hit ~1,100 sat/vB ($55+ at $19K BTC). Severe band held for weeks.
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