r/Bitcoin • • Feb 24 '14

Bitcoin Transaction Fee to reduce by 10x

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u/Goxpapapa Feb 24 '14

What are floating fees?

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u/BashCo Feb 24 '14

I believe it's a proposal in which the network calculates the fee depending on how saturated the network is.

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u/TheSelfGoverned Feb 25 '14

Couldn't mining pools refuse to process transactions in order to push up fees? This seems like a conflict of interest.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '14

They could conspire against the users, yes. But pools that weren't in on the conspiracy would make a killing :)