http://btc.blockr.io/block/info/256961
884.45 kB
I don't think there are much more options other than to pay that 1% fee or wait (A year or so? Don't know.) until they're more mature.
Big blocks yes, but big TX? 884KByte block with 3861 TX is still ~ 230 Byte per TX on average.
Bc.i lists "largest TX" [1] but they refer to value not size in bytes.
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Right, how about this one: https://insight.bitpay.com/tx/e951e79d2140b1844d5058bd0f609e3939b040132a1d920ec89c55a2392ef83f
182160 bytes, close, but no cigar.
Nice find, >5k outputs, no fee paid.
Looks like the address belongs to a big pool https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whats-going-on-at-that-address-744097