Some one paid 1.0394BTC as fee for 2 transactions.

[gkv9]

As the title states. Why on earth would some one do this? Is it a mistake, or done on purpose?

This tx includes 0.2493BTC as fee; http://blockr.io/tx/info/621cd73e184ef9180f2b3451a1b5b244de48e07effc9be6b731f7466358a924f

This tx includes 0.7901BTC as fee; http://blockr.io/tx/info/07f11415bc6b6a4611c96812e2d40b8a53554e64c7f0bdf9a2bb7c6eeb2b43e7

This seems to me like an appreciation shown by someone to miners for their work, maybe...
Else, no one is such a stupid nowadays to pay this much in a fee at current value of BTC, unless he/she has lots of coins to just throw away like this...

[harrymmmm]

Mistake I guess, but here's a real whopper (still recent, 2015/4)  with a fee of 86 bitcoins.
The guy was combining p2sh inputs to one p2pkh address. I guess the complications helped the slip up.
Damn, I'd be kicking myself.

https://blockr.io/tx/info/860e4e6bc2b846f00a1660dcb49d84a00dcd7b87ba23100e836dfb682249a807

[ausbit]

As the title states. Why on earth would some one do this? Is it a mistake, or done on purpose?

This tx includes 0.2493BTC as fee; http://blockr.io/tx/info/621cd73e184ef9180f2b3451a1b5b244de48e07effc9be6b731f7466358a924f

This tx includes 0.7901BTC as fee; http://blockr.io/tx/info/07f11415bc6b6a4611c96812e2d40b8a53554e64c7f0bdf9a2bb7c6eeb2b43e7

What is really happening? I'm not sure this is often the case, and why users still want to do a transaction if he knows it will be a fee for it?
This may be a very rare error, but still I am worried this will often happen, I can not imagine a transaction fee by almost 30%

It is really shocking that some one has paid so big amount as fees to do transactions only in Bitcoins. It may be happened through error or he doesn't know about the fees and Bitcoins much about it.

[SmartIphone]

Probably it was a mistake when sending the bitcoins, this can happen.
But i wonder, was it confirmed very fast , really waste of hundreds of dollars.

[Betwrong]

The guy that hacked Bitstamp paid really high fees to get his stolen coins moved really fast because Bitstamp had figured out what he was up to. The hacker and Bitstamp had a battle to move the coins first because they both had the private keys.

Those transactions in the OP could have been made by a hacker who wanted to move stolen coins really fast, and who didn't care how high the fees were because they were paid with stolen coins.

I don't know what you are talking about. Haven't you checked the transactions? The total amount of both of them is around 3 BTC. Do you think it makes any sense to steel 3 BTC and to pay over 1 BTC as fees?

[Watershin]

he scammed someone maybe and want high priority for the transfer? this thing happned with the hacker on bitstamp, i remember the hacker payed 1 btc for the fee

Even if he used 1% of the fees he paid, he would get high priority.

[Raimonn]

I think that this big fees are a mistake that a new user that didn't know so much about how it works. Are high fees for small transactions, it makes no sense. Minners that found the block will be very happy with users that made this kind of mistakes.

[Watershin]

Is there any follow up of the big fee event? Has the fee been returned?

[xdrpx]

I honestly thing that could be a possible mistake? or probably he's willing to contribute more to the miners? But then it's a pretty huge amount of Bitcoins, haven't seen a large fee payout.

[1Referee]

And here another person that has paid a significant fee for his transaction. 2.83BTC in total. It's most likely another costly mistake.

More than welcome bonus for the pool that minted this block.

http://blockr.io/tx/info/2525ac9631c29e4c372235dfa042d862f5bf0dedb5374545a77a46d6b27eeabc

[partysaurus]

yes this has to be a mistake. when i read the topic on this thread i looked forward to see some big transaction and i was disappointed. those fees for such "small" transactions has to be a mistake.

[acroman08]

Thats really high for fees i guess the dude made a mistake.
But seriously if that happens to me I don't know what I'm going to do that a huge amount just for paying fees.

[jacktheking]

As other said, it could be a mistype transaction fees or the person wanna donate the Bitcoin to miner that helps secure the Bitcoin network. I remember seeing a thread with transaction fees as back as 10 BTC - not really sure.

[DrLove2048]

Rankings from most to least likely

1) Mistake
2) Someone stole money and wanted it moved as fast as possible
3) Someone with tons of coins did it as a prank

[Jeremycoin]

I think it just some kind of rich guy who has so much Bitcoin and doesn't know how to spend all of it

[DarkStar_]

Rankings from most to least likely

1) Mistake
2) Someone stole money and wanted it moved as fast as possible
3) Someone with tons of coins did it as a prank

I'm guessing it's #2.
I really doubt it's a prank because no one would spend that much money on a prank...

[rajat08]

either he is some dumb guy or he wants some attraction and last probability is that he is too rich to be able to pay such amount of fees.

[YoonYeonghwa]

O oh retard alert. What stupid person would do this? That is just way over the top for transaction fees.

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

I do believe the impending fee market will surprise a lot of people. Like a hammer to the elbow.

[arbitrage]

Once i was sent to coinex.pw(rip) 0.5 btc and l  forget to give a fee!
I had to await about 3  f.... days. And after that coinex.pw was hacked, and l lost 0.5btc!
I was piss as hell..Just wanted to buy doge coins then were cheaper on coinex.pw..

So dont forget to give a small fee!