Median Inputs per Transaction shows the median number of inputs used by Bitcoin transactions on a given day. Half of transactions used fewer inputs than this level and half used more, so the series describes the center of the daily input-count distribution rather than the family’s canonical baseline.
A rising median means the typical transaction is using more inputs. A flat median with a rising average points to a heavier high-input tail instead. That makes the series most useful with Average Inputs per Transaction and Inputs per Transaction (P90), where the question is whether complexity moved into the middle or stayed in the tail.
The main distinction is distributional. Median input count can stay stable even while the average rises sharply, because a smaller set of large-input transactions is doing the work. It should not be read as a substitute for the average baseline.
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