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<p>Cardano (<a href="https://chainspect.app/chain/cardano" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ADA</a>) generated $3,079 in transaction fee revenue on October 20, the Layer-1 blockchain's highest daily total in seven days. The figure points to a short-term pickup in activity, but it remains small next to its largest rivals.</p>
<h2 id="what-drove-the-uptick">What drove the uptick</h2>
<p>Data tracked by <a href="https://x.com/chainspect_app" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@chainspect_app</a> links the increase to a rise in transactions executed through Cardano's eUTXO (extended unspent transaction output) execution model. Under that design, <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/cardano-ada-news-mainnet-processed-1227m-transactions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">funds sit in separate output boxes, and a single transaction can spend several of them at once</a>, allowing one transaction to pay multiple recipients or trigger several smart contract actions together.</p>
<p>The latest daily figure follows a busy stretch for the network. <a href="https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/31102" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cardano recorded 1,780,896 transactions during Epoch 660, which ran from October 6 to 11</a>, according to TokenPost. <a href="https://www.digitaltoday.co.kr/en/view/113856/cardano-network-transactions-surge-ada-price-slips" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">That total topped the previous high of 1,566,974 set in November 2021</a>, Digital Today reported. Fees in the epoch reached 337,720 ADA, according to <a href="https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/marktberichte/cardano-price-stands-at-0-2299-usd-as-1-78-million-transactions-set-a-record/70345050" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">AD HOC NEWS</a>.</p>
<p>Higher activity has not translated into price strength. TokenPost noted that <a href="https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/31102" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">daily active addresses fell from 27,248 to 15,977 over the same period</a>, a sign that transaction counts do not necessarily reflect a larger user base.</p>
<h2 id="still-behind-top-layer-1-rivals">Still behind top Layer-1 rivals</h2>
<p>In revenue terms, <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24ADA&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ADA</a> sits well down the rankings. Cardano has recorded under $150K in fee revenue over the past 30 days, a fraction of what the largest chains earn. Chainspect's one-day comparison pages show the gap: in one snapshot, <a href="https://chainspect.app/compare/cardano-vs-solana" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cardano's on-chain revenue was $2.965K against $668.9K for Solana</a>. Chainspect's comparison with TRON showed a similar pattern, with <a href="https://chainspect.app/compare/cardano-vs-tron" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cardano at $1.079K against $959.3K</a>.</p>
<p>Those snapshots are point-in-time readings and shift daily. They do show that Cardano's fee base is thin relative to chains with heavier trading, stablecoin and application activity.</p>
<p>For now, the October 20 reading is a modest rebound rather than a change in trend. Whether Cardano can turn higher transaction counts into sustained fee income will depend on whether the recent activity holds once short-term drivers fade.</p>
<h2 id="sources">Sources</h2>
<p><a href="https://chainspect.app/chain/cardano" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chainspect: Cardano TPS, fees and on-chain revenue</a><br><a href="https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/31102" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TokenPost: Cardano large-holder balances decline as transactions hit record</a><br><a href="https://chainspect.app/compare/cardano-vs-solana" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chainspect: Cardano vs Solana comparison</a></p>

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