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Re: What incentive is there to verify BTC transactions come 2140?
by
Birdy
on 18/04/2013, 02:04:07 UTC
transaction fees.

I suppose transaction fees could be assessed and awarded to miners by the same mechanism that currently awards new coins to miners.

But, how are transaction fees to be assessed on a decentralized network?  If someone is just emailing someone else a string of code in exchange for goods or services, who assesses the fee?
Don't worry, fees are already going to the miners. It's included in the way it works right now.