0 sats \ 5 replies \ @025738dda8 18 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Will Large Miners Operate Lightning Routing Nodes? bitcoin
They do. Everybody does. Miner A pays to the miner B who wins the mining race for the block with A's transaction.
Sometimes, it might happen that a miner mines a block with its own transactions. But that's nothing you can rely on.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 18 Oct 2023
But that's nothing you can rely on.
You can. You just don't broadcast the transaction. So the transaction will only be included in a block when you mined a block. Then you can do it for free. You just need patience.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 18 Oct 2023
Plus some of the larger pools reliably mine many blocks per day. Definitely doable from that perspective
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60 sats \ 2 replies \ @2bithits 19 Oct 2023
There's still an opportunity cost of replacing that free TX
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @bzzzt 19 Oct 2023
Ya this is what i couldnt quite put my finger on, ty. It isnt free.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 19 Oct 2023
Ah, I see, you're right.
I only thought about mining fees when talking about "free transactions".
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