why is bitstamp so cheapskate?
why did they only pay 10k satoshi as a transaction fee?
if I was a miner I wouldn't confirm this transaction
Perhaps they were proving a point? That they can move millions for such low fees. Even more so, they didn't need to even pay fees, due to the sheer size of the transaction it would've had the highest priority.
Well, in that case, we should e-mail "Western Union" that says; "Hey dude, How much you charge to send 82 mil USD"
Probably they would say "A LOT".
Then we can reply; "Hey dude, we already did it just for 4 cents".
This would be hilarious...
It's not as much as you think. Wire transfers go through the Federal Reserve system. Federal Reserve charges business customers very little: $0.70 per transfer, with further discounts for higher volume.
Your bank, however, can charge much more than that. For example Alliant Credit Union charges $25 for an outgoing domestic wire transfer, $50 for an outgoing international wire transfer. Thank God incoming wires are free. Some banks charge a fee ($10-20) even for incoming wires. You get better deals on wire transfer fees from brokerage firms and mutual fund companies. I have a Vanguard account and they don't charge a wire transfer fee if the amount of the wire is over $5,000; the fee is only $5 if the amount is below $5,000. Believe it or not Bitcoin can, in some cases, cost more to send than to wire.
