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Title: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: jabetizo on March 23, 2013, 10:52:00 PM once all 21 million bitcoins have been mined, will a block be valid if its coinbase's output is 0 BTC (assuming there are no transactions with fees in the block)?
Title: Re: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: Peter Todd on March 23, 2013, 11:45:37 PM Blocks are already valid with the coinbase reward set to 0 - the reward is allowed to be less than the maximum allowed.
Title: Re: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: gmaxwell on March 24, 2013, 02:04:18 AM A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs!
Title: Re: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: Peter Todd on March 24, 2013, 02:10:43 AM A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs! Ha, good point! Title: Re: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: jabetizo on March 24, 2013, 02:12:12 AM A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs! i didn't know they were currently allowed, thanks :) Title: Re: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 Post by: Sunny King on March 24, 2013, 04:36:00 AM Coinbase shouldn't reach 0 until 4*32=128 years later.
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