<p>This week McIntosh and Kenshin tackle the part of Bitcoin everyone <em>thinks</em> they understand… right up until a transaction gets stuck: <strong>fees, mempool dynamics, and UTXO hygiene</strong>. They frame fees as a live market for scarce blockspace, explain what you’re <em>actually</em> paying for (sats/vbyte), and show how transaction “weight” changes based on inputs/outputs—why a “cheap” fee rate can still be expensive if your transaction is big. <br /><br />They also cover the two practical “escape hatches” when things go sideways—<strong>RBF (Replace-By-Fee)</strong> and <strong>CPFP (Child Pays For Parent)</strong>—plus why wallet fee estimators can be misleading and why mempool visibility matters. Finally, they get into <strong>UTXO management</strong>: why too many small UTXOs (“dust”) can become unspendable in high-fee environments, and why <strong>low-fee periods are the time to consolidate</strong>, not when you’re already in a firefight.<br /><br /> <strong>Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording</strong><br /><br />February 10, 2026: 68,907 USD | 57,884 Euro<br /><br /><strong>Music Credits </strong><br /><br /><a href="https://wavlake.com/abel-james" target="_blank">Abel James </a><br />Voodoo Queen</p> <p><strong>Website<br /></strong><br /><a href="https://satoshis-plebs.com" target="_blank">https://satoshis-plebs.com</a><a href="https://satoshis-plebs.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a><br />Podcasting 2.0 Apps available at <a href="http://podcastapps.com" target="_blank">http://podcastapps.com</a> and Value4Value information page available here: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a><a href="https://value4value.info/" target="_blank"><br /></a><br />McIntosh can be reached by email at [email protected] and on Twitter at <a href="https://x.com/McIntoshFinTech" target="_blank">@McIntoshFinTech</a>. His mastodon handle is @[email protected] and his <a href="https://njump.me/npub197swtr3ymz7aw72tu7eqspxjta7zwcwf23uw4fxyxe2r2eyrfa2sdpner3" target="_blank">Nostr</a>.&nbsp; Kenshin can be reached on Twitter at <a href="https://x.com/kenshin_ninja" target="_blank">@kenshin_ninja</a> or on <a href="https://njump.me/npub10xxhztawwgtuapdej49q5jgfawu5p0f2j2tzuaxxww2hl546ct3sr7pcjl" target="_blank">Nostr</a>. Kenshin’s email is [email protected]. You can also follow the Satoshi’s Plebs podcast account on <a href="https://njump.me/npub1hkkcygtuz63jccf3ls63eqltrkztnx2n0kqtq2qgeqq6e52x9xyqpyfvlm" target="_blank">Nostr</a>. We are looking forward to hearing from you!<br /><br />We are looking forward to hearing from you!</p>