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Following up on Xialla's experience, I sent a small amount as a test (roughly 0.005 BTC) with a fairly large fee (BTC 0.0006) to see how long it would take at about 10:30 PM US ET on July 6.

Confirmed by the next block.  And second confirmation by the next one after that.

For me, getting a "real payment" (say, over $1.00) confirmed, even at a higher amount of fee (and I would think that a BTC 0.0002 would be reasonable), is much important than being able to send out $0.20 for free......


But, hey, that's just me.



(Edited for correct amount sent and date, doh!)