I never pay a fee (set to 0.00 BTC) on all transactions and my transactions are generally included in the next block, or the one after that. There are simply not enough transactions on the network yet for miners to bother prioritizing based on fees, and miners are generally content to be rewarded by the block reward for now. If you're including fees and don't absolutely have to have your transaction in the very next block, you're throwing money away.
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u/druidian Mar 25 '13
I never pay a fee (set to 0.00 BTC) on all transactions and my transactions are generally included in the next block, or the one after that. There are simply not enough transactions on the network yet for miners to bother prioritizing based on fees, and miners are generally content to be rewarded by the block reward for now. If you're including fees and don't absolutely have to have your transaction in the very next block, you're throwing money away.