electrum compulsory fee?

[steakpie13]

i think i made some transactions ,even 1btc worth each and it did not go through unless i paid like 0.001 or 0.0001 btw as fee on electrum!!!


i know for a fact that large transactions like 1btc and such or even 0.5btc(if we choose to) without any fees on the default bitcoin-qt client, right?

am I missing something here?

I did try the default client but I'm on a macbook air with ssd which is 256gb and from what i know that client will download like 150 mbs each freaking day even after full initial sync is done,right?

should i get bitcoin-qt to avoid fees - is it true i can transact without fees on the default client?

thanks!''

 

[burnettm]

That fee is normal, even with qt-Bitcoin you'll have to pay it. If you dont pay a fee then it will likely take a long time for the transaction to be processed. A little bit of googling could have told you this
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees

[steakpie13]

well I don't mind longer time,even days!

how can i accomplish that?

on electrum,it doesn't even go through - even though I'm ready to wait forever for the transaction to go through.

[jonald_fyookball]

Are you sure?

I just sent .01 yesterday , no fee.
Maybe you have too many inputs.

[steakpie13]

i first sent 0.01 with no fee
then for every transaction it asked for a fee

inputs?


you mean i have too many deposits into my wallet?

[burnettm]

how can i accomplish that?

Use another wallet and when prompted for a fee enter 0.

[jonald_fyookball]

i first sent 0.01 with no fee
then for every transaction it asked for a fee

inputs?


you mean i have too many deposits into my wallet?

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees

Yes if you have many addresses, then your transaction can go over 1000 bytes and you have to pay.
Do you have many small deposits at lots of addresses ?

[steakpie13]

I have 9 addresses on my history ,sending/receiving combined...

[jonald_fyookball]

Choose just one and right click send from,you Should pay no fee if amount is .01. Or more

[dabura667]

i think i made some transactions ,even 1btc worth each and it did not go through unless i paid like 0.001 or 0.0001 btw as fee on electrum!!!


i know for a fact that large transactions like 1btc and such or even 0.5btc(if we choose to) without any fees on the default bitcoin-qt client, right?

am I missing something here?

I did try the default client but I'm on a macbook air with ssd which is 256gb and from what i know that client will download like 150 mbs each freaking day even after full initial sync is done,right?

should i get bitcoin-qt to avoid fees - is it true i can transact without fees on the default client?

thanks!''

 

Post the transaction id. Then I can tell you why you had to pay a fee. (I'm guessing your transaction was over 1,000 bytes or your change output was under 0.01 BTC.)