<p>The Bitcoin consensus rules do not require transactions to have a fee, so it's still theoretically possible for a free transaction to be confirm.</p>

<p>It is, however, unlikely that any miners today will confirm free transactions.  You can test this by sending yourself a free transaction to see if it confirms (but be sure you use a quality wallet, such as Bitcoin Core, that has features for handling transactions that never confirm).</p>

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2017-01-14T13:43:33.137Z
For the record: I created a free transaction that got confirmed in about an hour (maybe lucky?). The transaction was within the rules mentioned in the question.
tlo
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@tlo: how did you resolved/avoided the "error code: -26;error message: 66: insufficient priority"?
V-X
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David A. Harding
<p>Yes. It is possible. But what exactly do you want to achive? Either you want to minimize the fees or you want to delay transaction confirmation. Difference in details...</p>

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amaclin
<p>In the past it was possible to get a transaction without a fee confirmed if the inputs and outputs had a high enough <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees#Priority_transactions" rel="noreferrer">priority</a> and followed <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees#Historic_rules_for_free_transactions" rel="noreferrer">some rules</a>. As of 2017 is a "free" transaction still possible if you don't care about how fast it will be confirmed? Several hours or even a day or two would be acceptable.</p>

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As of 2017 is it still possible to get a transaction confirmed without a fee?
tlo
# As of 2017 is it still possible to get a transaction confirmed without a fee?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-08)

In the past it was possible to get a transaction without a fee confirmed if the inputs and outputs had a high enough [priority](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees#Priority_transactions) and followed [some rules](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees#Historic_rules_for_free_transactions). As of 2017 is a "free" transaction still possible if you don't care about how fast it will be confirmed? Several hours or even a day or two would be acceptable.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-08. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

The Bitcoin consensus rules do not require transactions to have a fee, so it's still theoretically possible for a free transaction to be confirm.

It is, however, unlikely that any miners today will confirm free transactions. You can test this by sending yourself a free transaction to see if it confirms (but be sure you use a quality wallet, such as Bitcoin Core, that has features for handling transactions that never confirm).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: For the record: I created a free transaction that got confirmed in about an hour (maybe lucky?). The transaction was within the rules mentioned in the question.  
> **username_2**: @username_0: how did you resolved/avoided the "error code: -26;error message: 66: insufficient priority"?  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-01-08. Score: -1

Yes. It is possible. But what exactly do you want to achive? Either you want to minimize the fees or you want to delay transaction confirmation. Difference in details...


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