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  <p>Can I send a transaction with zero fees? </p>
</blockquote>

<p>You can <code>create</code> transaction with zero fee. You can try to broadcast it to your peers. But there is no chance that your peers will accept it and rebroadcast.</p>

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  <p>And if I could, what would happen? </p>
</blockquote>

<p>The same as for regular transaction with fees. Ignoring zero fee is not a consensus rule, but coded in most nodes.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Would miners ignore my request? </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Today yes</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Who sets the price of fees for transactions?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Market</p>

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amaclin
<blockquote>
  <p>Who sets the price of fees for transactions?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You can set fees for your transactions if you use a good wallet, such as electrum.
but the minimium fees accepted by nodes <strike>according to consensus rules</strike> is 1 sat/byte</p>

<p>No matter how congested the network is you can set your transaction to 1 sat/byte. I just did a 1 sat byte transaction few days ago. The network is very congested and it took 3 days to get the first confirmation.</p>

<p>usually a 1 sat/byte fee transaction is confirmed within 6 hours, based in my experience.</p>

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Note: the node relay policy of 1sat/byte minimum is not a consensus rule, it is just the standard policy of nodes, to prevent network spam attacks.
chytrik
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bitm
<p>Can I send a transaction with zero fees? And if I could, what would happen? Would miners ignore my request? Who sets the price of fees for transactions? </p>

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Who sets the fees for a transaction?
good_evening
# Who sets the fees for a transaction?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-21)

Can I send a transaction with zero fees? And if I could, what would happen? Would miners ignore my request? Who sets the price of fees for transactions?

**Tags:** transaction-fees


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-21. Score: 4

> Can I send a transaction with zero fees?

You can `create` transaction with zero fee. You can try to broadcast it to your peers. But there is no chance that your peers will accept it and rebroadcast.

> And if I could, what would happen?

The same as for regular transaction with fees. Ignoring zero fee is not a consensus rule, but coded in most nodes.

> Would miners ignore my request?

Today yes

> Who sets the price of fees for transactions?

Market


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-21. Score: 0

> Who sets the price of fees for transactions?

You can set fees for your transactions if you use a good wallet, such as electrum.
but the minimium fees accepted by nodes according to consensus rules is 1 sat/byte

No matter how congested the network is you can set your transaction to 1 sat/byte. I just did a 1 sat byte transaction few days ago. The network is very congested and it took 3 days to get the first confirmation.

usually a 1 sat/byte fee transaction is confirmed within 6 hours, based in my experience.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Note: the node relay policy of 1sat/byte minimum is not a consensus rule, it is just the standard policy of nodes, to prevent network spam attacks.  

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