<p>The first block with transactions that paid fees was  block 2817, the second was 12 983. To answer your question, I used blockchair.com’s block overview, <a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/blocks?s=id(asc)&amp;q=fee_total(1..)" rel="noreferrer">sorted the blocks by ascending height and filtered for a fee of at least one satoshi</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KefNJ.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KefNJ.png" alt="Search result for first blocks with fees" /></a></p>
<p>The three transactions that paid fees in block 2817 were:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/5b62efcc5b069ab78504483869b71a9cddff63eb123bafeadd4da13c1c2902c2" rel="noreferrer">5b62efcc…1c2902c2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/65f75ac62da749585c152f0ffed3c3482687699ccba81582561590c4e16306c9" rel="noreferrer">65f75ac6…e16306c9</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/f8bf1e886d6ba6e4927acf861cf5ab3e62af2d50a6b011427f0369fa3e058eb2" rel="noreferrer">f8bf1e88…3e058eb2</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I don’t have an immediate way to answer the question about half the transactions paying fees.</p>

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2023-05-12T14:32:54.503Z
Incidentally, the first block with over 50% of transactions paying fees is also block 2817, because the three transactions are the only transactions in that block (except for coinbase).
Vojtěch Strnad
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2023-05-12T14:37:30.700Z
Touché, you’re right. I guess I just automatically extrapolated the question to mean the first full block that had 50% txs paying fees, but that was in fact never asked. :)
Murch
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2023-05-13T08:11:59.810Z
@Murch  "block when at least 50% of transactions had fees ?", my idea was to know when at least 50% of transaction had to pay fees to be included in block and never went under 50%. But then I should also add that block need to be full and it is getting complicated. To get some idea when fees became "mandatory". But it is not so important.
WebOrCode
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2023-05-13T14:08:23.837Z
Maybe this will help: https://transactionfee.info/charts/fees-package-feerates/?start=2010-10-03&end=2011-06-17, the chart seems to show that a 50th percentile for feerates appeared end of 2010.
Murch
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2023-05-12T14:25:53.940Z
2023-05-12T14:25:53.940Z
Murch
<p>This is history question, but one with clear answer.</p>
<p><strong>I would like to know when(txid) was first transaction with fees ?</strong> From my understanding in beginning there was more space than transaction so there where no fees.</p>
<p><strong>Additional, if anybody knows, block when at least 50% of transactions had fees ?</strong> Maybe this is better metric, because probably somebody has done some transaction with fee on main-net for fun/test.</p>

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When was first bitcoin transaction with fees?
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# When was first bitcoin transaction with fees?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-12)

This is history question, but one with clear answer.

**I would like to know when(txid) was first transaction with fees ?** From my understanding in beginning there was more space than transaction so there where no fees.

**Additional, if anybody knows, block when at least 50% of transactions had fees ?** Maybe this is better metric, because probably somebody has done some transaction with fee on main-net for fun/test.

**Tags:** transaction-fees, history


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-12. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

The first block with transactions that paid fees was block 2817, the second was 12 983. To answer your question, I used blockchair.com’s block overview, [sorted the blocks by ascending height and filtered for a fee of at least one satoshi](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/blocks?s=id(asc)&q=fee_total(1..)).

[![Search result for first blocks with fees](https://i.sstatic.net/KefNJ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KefNJ.png)

The three transactions that paid fees in block 2817 were:

* [5b62efcc…1c2902c2](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/5b62efcc5b069ab78504483869b71a9cddff63eb123bafeadd4da13c1c2902c2)
* [65f75ac6…e16306c9](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/65f75ac62da749585c152f0ffed3c3482687699ccba81582561590c4e16306c9)
* [f8bf1e88…3e058eb2](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/f8bf1e886d6ba6e4927acf861cf5ab3e62af2d50a6b011427f0369fa3e058eb2)

I don’t have an immediate way to answer the question about half the transactions paying fees.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Incidentally, the first block with over 50% of transactions paying fees is also block 2817, because the three transactions are the only transactions in that block (except for coinbase).  
> **username_1**: Touché, you’re right. I guess I just automatically extrapolated the question to mean the first full block that had 50% txs paying fees, but that was in fact never asked. :)  
> **username_0**: @username_1  "block when at least 50% of transactions had fees ?", my idea was to know when at least 50% of transaction had to pay fees to be included in block and never went under 50%. But then I should also add that block need to be full and it is getting complicated. To get some idea when fees became "mandatory". But it is not so important.  
> **username_1**: Maybe this will help: https://transactionfee.info/charts/fees-package-feerates/?start=2010-10-03&end=2011-06-17, the chart seems to show that a 50th percentile for feerates appeared end of 2010.  

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