<p>Upgrade to Bitcoin version 0.9 or later which removes the minimum relay fee. Just be warned -- the lower the fee you set, the longer it can take for your transaction to be confirmed. Zero-fee transactions can take days.</p>

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2014-03-21T08:50:35.483Z
I've had 0 fee transactions confirmed in minutes. dont believe the hype.
jaybny
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2014-03-21T08:51:44.810Z
@jaybny I didn't say they can't take minutes, I said they can take days.
David Schwartz
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2014-03-21T08:54:51.443Z
I've never had to wait over 12 hours ever. used many wallets over many years.
jaybny
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2014-03-21T08:58:16.767Z
Did you modify the code to set the transaction fee to zero? 0.9 hasn't been out for long and previous versions don't let you force a zero fee.
David Schwartz
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2014-03-21T09:36:48.257Z
Thanks David, I have upgraded to 0.9 but it is still including fee, can you please tell me what's the problem ?
Muhammad Bilal
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2014-03-21T09:38:44.310Z
@user14632 It must be a very unusual transaction then. Perhaps it's gathering from a large number of small outputs? Perhaps it's transferring coins that were recently transferred?
David Schwartz
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2014-03-21T09:59:57.023Z
No that's not the case, it is saying, "The total exceeds your balance when 0.0001BTC transaction fee is included
Muhammad Bilal
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2014-03-21T07:21:45.637Z
2014-03-21T07:21:45.637Z
David Schwartz
<p>bitcoind is imposing a transaction fee of 0.0001 BTC forcefully even though I have set "transaction fee" to 0. Is it possible to transfer BTC to an address without paying a fee? If so, how?</p>

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Why bitcoind/bitcoin-qt is imposing transaction fee?
Muhammad Bilal
# Why bitcoind/bitcoin-qt is imposing transaction fee?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-21)

bitcoind is imposing a transaction fee of 0.0001 BTC forcefully even though I have set "transaction fee" to 0. Is it possible to transfer BTC to an address without paying a fee? If so, how?

**Tags:** transactions, bitcoind, bitcoin-core, transaction-fees


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-03-21. Score: 3

Upgrade to Bitcoin version 0.9 or later which removes the minimum relay fee. Just be warned -- the lower the fee you set, the longer it can take for your transaction to be confirmed. Zero-fee transactions can take days.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I've had 0 fee transactions confirmed in minutes. dont believe the hype.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 I didn't say they can't take minutes, I said they can take days.  
> **username_2**: I've never had to wait over 12 hours ever. used many wallets over many years.  
> **username_1**: Did you modify the code to set the transaction fee to zero? 0.9 hasn't been out for long and previous versions don't let you force a zero fee.  
> **username_0**: Thanks David, I have upgraded to 0.9 but it is still including fee, can you please tell me what's the problem ?  
> **username_1**: @user14632 It must be a very unusual transaction then. Perhaps it's gathering from a large number of small outputs? Perhaps it's transferring coins that were recently transferred?  
> **username_0**: No that's not the case, it is saying, "The total exceeds your balance when 0.0001BTC transaction fee is included  

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