<p>Yes. There are currently about 10 million unique addresses in the block chain, so 0.1 BTC would be enough to send a satoshi to each address. The transaction data would be about 340 MB. The network's anti-spam protections would make this project either very expensive (due to transaction fees) or very time-consuming.</p>

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Thanks! So it's infeasible. =( As an estimate, how much do you think the transaction fee would be?
lurf jurv
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@lurfjurv It's not infeasible. The fee might be about 170 BTC, though this depends on many factors.
theymos
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How do you know there are 10 million unique addresses?
Shamoon
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@Shamoon I gathered that data from the block chain.
theymos
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@theymos Is it up on blockchain.info anywhere?
Shamoon
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@Shamoon I don't know. I didn't get the info from a website.
theymos
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It's weird. I got a 1 satoshi transaction from 1Enjoy1C4bYBr3tN4sMKxvvJDqG8NkdR4Z. You don't need to provide a transaction fee, but it might be quite a while before a miner decides to process it.
Chloe
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<p>As a random whim, I want to see if it's possible to send one satoshi to every bitcoin address that's ever been used. How much would that be? I'm betting the transaction fee would be a lot more, though. Is this even possible? How would I do it?</p>

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2013-02-08T06:31:08.597Z
Hm.. kind of multicast. I am not sure how useful this could be, but it is not possible now. You need to create as many transactions required.
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Is it possible to send one satoshi to every bitcoin address?
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# Is it possible to send one satoshi to every bitcoin address?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-08)

As a random whim, I want to see if it's possible to send one satoshi to every bitcoin address that's ever been used. How much would that be? I'm betting the transaction fee would be a lot more, though. Is this even possible? How would I do it?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hm.. kind of multicast. I am not sure how useful this could be, but it is not possible now. You need to create as many transactions required.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-02-08. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

Yes. There are currently about 10 million unique addresses in the block chain, so 0.1 BTC would be enough to send a satoshi to each address. The transaction data would be about 340 MB. The network's anti-spam protections would make this project either very expensive (due to transaction fees) or very time-consuming.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks! So it's infeasible. =( As an estimate, how much do you think the transaction fee would be?  
> **username_2**: @lurfjurv It's not infeasible. The fee might be about 170 BTC, though this depends on many factors.  
> **username_3**: How do you know there are 10 million unique addresses?  
> **username_2**: @username_3 I gathered that data from the block chain.  
> **username_3**: @username_2 Is it up on blockchain.info anywhere?  
> **username_2**: @username_3 I don't know. I didn't get the info from a website.  
> **username_4**: It's weird. I got a 1 satoshi transaction from 1Enjoy1C4bYBr3tN4sMKxvvJDqG8NkdR4Z. You don't need to provide a transaction fee, but it might be quite a while before a miner decides to process it.  

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