<p>As you mentioned <a href="https://blockchain.info/block/0000000000000048567353a28610ba10375850ca291014e2fda18ef216dc2033" rel="nofollow">this Block</a> and also some other ones in the blockchain as well failed to claim the fees. Some miners missed all fees other only  a few, this can happen for a variety of reasons, almost all of them are bugs in the mining software.</p>

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  <p>So who owned these fees?</p>
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<p>These coins are lost, the miner failed to claim them and so they are gone.</p>

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2014-06-29T04:21:12.460Z
Or rather, they were never created.
Matthieu
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2014-06-29T06:05:18.723Z
@Matthieu what do you mean with "never created"?
Dennis Kriechel
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2014-06-28T19:45:29.547Z
2014-06-28T19:45:29.547Z
Dennis Kriechel
<p>The reward of the Coinbase TX  is only 50 BTC not including transaction fees. So who owned  these fees? </p>

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2014-06-28T19:35:50.920Z
163369 includes transactions fees, you are meaning 163368 or 163370?
Dennis Kriechel
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2014-06-28T19:40:19.210Z
sorry. my mistake. I mean 163368
langyu_8BTC
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Where do transaction fees go in block #163368
langyu_8BTC
# Where do transaction fees go in block #163368

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-28)

The reward of the Coinbase TX is only 50 BTC not including transaction fees. So who owned these fees?

**Tags:** transactions, transaction-fees

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 163369 includes transactions fees, you are meaning 163368 or 163370?  
> **username_0**: sorry. my mistake. I mean 163368  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-06-28. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

As you mentioned [this Block](https://blockchain.info/block/0000000000000048567353a28610ba10375850ca291014e2fda18ef216dc2033) and also some other ones in the blockchain as well failed to claim the fees. Some miners missed all fees other only a few, this can happen for a variety of reasons, almost all of them are bugs in the mining software.

> So who owned these fees?

These coins are lost, the miner failed to claim them and so they are gone.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Or rather, they were never created.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 what do you mean with "never created"?  

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