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Title: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: pedrog on June 14, 2013, 01:21:46 PM
At what fraction of bitcoin is a transaction not considered "dust" and doesn't incur in higher fees?

If I have lots of 0.05 BTC transactions received will this be a problem when spending?

Is there a way to consolidate lots of "dust" transactions received?

I know that eventually this will not be a problem, but right now it is a problem, one of the bitcoin sales pitch is that it can be divided to 0.00000001, that's a really crappy feature if you are penalized when using it...


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: Open4lies on June 14, 2013, 01:33:14 PM
At what fraction of bitcoin is a transaction not considered "dust" and doesn't incur in higher fees?

If I have lots of 0.05 BTC transactions received will this be a problem when spending?

Is there a way to consolidate lots of "dust" transactions received?

I know that eventually this will not be a problem, but right now it is a problem, one of the bitcoin sales pitch is that it can be divided to 0.00000001, that's a really crappy feature if you are penalized when using it...

I doubt someone consider 0.05 BTC a dust.

in bitcoin-t 8.2. about 5000 satoshis is considered a dust - you cant send such small amount, though you can still spend it


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: mprep on June 14, 2013, 01:35:39 PM
5430 satoshis is now considered dust I think. The new rule was implemented in the main client though you still can send those transactions.


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: pedrog on June 14, 2013, 02:15:23 PM
I've read about the 5430 satoshis...

So this is the limit? Lots of transactions above 5430 satoshis will not incur in higher fees when spending?


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: gripflierGO on June 14, 2013, 02:20:43 PM
I've read about the 5430 satoshis...

So this is the limit? Lots of transactions above 5430 satoshis will not incur in higher fees when spending?

the fees are 0.0005 per 1000 bytes in 8.1, 0.0001 per 1000 bytes in 8.2

no one care if you spending 0.05 or 0.00000001 inputs, as long as you pay the fee (one input is about 180 bytes)


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: fittesaft on June 14, 2013, 02:24:25 PM
I wouldn't consider any amount of bitcoins in the world dust. I still have 0.005 bitcoins in my old wallet (lost it), and I really wish I had it.
It's not dust :<


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: gripflierGO on June 14, 2013, 02:25:20 PM
I wouldn't consider any amount of bitcoins in the world dust. I still have 0.005 bitcoins in my old wallet (lost it), and I really wish I had it.
It's not dust :<

pfffff, and its gone


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: mprep on June 14, 2013, 02:25:23 PM
I wouldn't consider any amount of bitcoins in the world dust. I still have 0.005 bitcoins in my old wallet (lost it), and I really wish I had it.
It's not dust :<
Yes it's actually worth half a dollar. That's sizable.


Title: Re: At what point is a transaction not considered "dust"?
Post by: pedrog on June 14, 2013, 02:35:43 PM
I've read about the 5430 satoshis...

So this is the limit? Lots of transactions above 5430 satoshis will not incur in higher fees when spending?

the fees are 0.0005 per 1000 bytes in 8.1, 0.0001 per 1000 bytes in 8.2

no one care if you spending 0.05 or 0.00000001 inputs, as long as you pay the fee (one input is about 180 bytes)

I see, that's why spending 0.03 BTC from 1 input has something like 0.0005 fee and spending 0.03 from 500 inputs has something like 0.02 fee, it's about how many inputs one received, not how big they are, am I seeing this right?