yes they are confirming, most of them have fee included it's more than the total sending sum itself.
and why it's just a cheap way of advertising their hyip or whatever it is.
Topic: What, why spam payments (Read 2274 times)
I guess you have to learn to embrace the spam and love the Satoshi
These transactions are confirming and cost little in fees. They are packed together so that they confirm. See for example this one:
https://blockchain.info/tx/bb0e4b14a0ae2e992feb7e7c34842114a09baf59f333a0f67eb0ccc6ec524413
https://blockchain.info/tx/bb0e4b14a0ae2e992feb7e7c34842114a09baf59f333a0f67eb0ccc6ec524413
hyip, huh? 
I was under the impression that these transactions cost more to spend the satoshis themselves if you wanted to.
Also, I get it (sort of)
Rather pay $500USD in BTC to spam 250,000 BTC addresses with your name so they could spend income (after all the profile of a btc holder is likely someone who happens to have a little money invested into it) so they could perceivably invest in hyip too.
When I first noticed it I saw it was hitting different members of the Bitcoin community like moderators - I believe that person for person, it probably makes more economic sense for an hyip to pay via blockchain spam as opposed to traditional email spam or junk mail that so often gets trashed or overlooked - hence, people spend up satoshis that can never reallybe spent (at the time this was written as current iteration of standard bitcoin software anyway)
Also, I get it (sort of)
Rather pay $500USD in BTC to spam 250,000 BTC addresses with your name so they could spend income (after all the profile of a btc holder is likely someone who happens to have a little money invested into it) so they could perceivably invest in hyip too.
When I first noticed it I saw it was hitting different members of the Bitcoin community like moderators - I believe that person for person, it probably makes more economic sense for an hyip to pay via blockchain spam as opposed to traditional email spam or junk mail that so often gets trashed or overlooked - hence, people spend up satoshis that can never reallybe spent (at the time this was written as current iteration of standard bitcoin software anyway)
From here: https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#non-standard-transactions
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
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The transaction must not include any outputs which receive fewer than the defined minimum number of satoshis, currently 546.
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
What do you mean by "mining these spam transactions"?
I mean they are conforming when the standard client won't even recognise them as standard.
From here: https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#non-standard-transactions
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
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The transaction must not include any outputs which receive fewer than the defined minimum number of satoshis, currently 546.
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
What do you mean by "mining these spam transactions"?
First I received 2. They both were confirming for days. Then 1 disappeared from my account and the other finally finished the next day. Yesterday I received 3 more. I thought maybe because of my joke above where I said send me 1 satoshi. 2 confirmed in around an hour. The third one is still going and looks like it is going to be awhile. Strange since there are fees with each one. I don't understand what would motivate sending these but who am I to argue with free satoshi? :-P
I'm glad this is being talked about. I have been receiving a Satoshi here, a Satoshi there, for the past couple of weeks.
How about a free bitcoin or 2.
How about a free bitcoin or 2.
From here: https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#non-standard-transactions
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
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The transaction must not include any outputs which receive fewer than the defined minimum number of satoshis, currently 546.
Some miner is mining these spam transactions which are non-standard.
I thought it should not confirm though? I am used to seeing these appear and not confirm but these are confirming.
I am ignoring spam dust but how is this tx confirming? I thought tx with outputs that are too small should not confirm?
https://insight.bitpay.com/tx/3604367170e2340c757e7e956c583a2860a86982f3f830296003926052a64ec1
http://btc.blockr.io/tx/info/3604367170e2340c757e7e956c583a2860a86982f3f830296003926052a64ec1
Thanks.
https://insight.bitpay.com/tx/3604367170e2340c757e7e956c583a2860a86982f3f830296003926052a64ec1
http://btc.blockr.io/tx/info/3604367170e2340c757e7e956c583a2860a86982f3f830296003926052a64ec1
Thanks.
It's a form of advertising. People don't click ads right, why not get their attention with free money?
Its raining Satoshi! 
I received 2 at about the same time. both sat there confirming for days. The first 1 finally finished. The 2nd 1 is still going and going and going...
Could we theoretically avoid spam payments by not using bitcoin addresses?
Like, OP_SHA256 or something instead?
Like, OP_SHA256 or something instead?
Got the same one, but it actually confirmed. I think it will eventually confirm, itll just take a few days...
Oh well. Coinbase is right. Not hurting anything.
If you feel bad for me, send me 1 satoshi :-P
If you feel bad for me, send me 1 satoshi :-P
It appears to be some sort of a mass spamming attempt from these addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/1BSmartoUnHz32AAdPKcc7cGGC3DiA4RSh
https://blockchain.info/address/1BtcGirgZqyT2z69DLn4y9MErN182mw8Tk
Someone else noticed it and pointed it out in the comments here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2hnu8c/college_student_receives_038_bitcoin_by_holding/
https://blockchain.info/address/1BSmartoUnHz32AAdPKcc7cGGC3DiA4RSh
https://blockchain.info/address/1BtcGirgZqyT2z69DLn4y9MErN182mw8Tk
Someone else noticed it and pointed it out in the comments here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2hnu8c/college_student_receives_038_bitcoin_by_holding/
I used it for mining proceeds. Let me know if you learn anything. It has been confirming for days. That's the part I really dont understand.
1GuCbnJikwvSgQbrdfGinsLQsmUFASh2Ug
1GuCbnJikwvSgQbrdfGinsLQsmUFASh2Ug
Haha, good for you. That's strange, I've never seen spam with such a high fee. Maybe someone is testing which miners have custom software as to when to include transactions. Since they have such a large fee miners would want them, but since the outputs are small the reference implementation (I think) would likely not forward the transactions. You're sure there's no reason that someone would send you that? I was thinking maybe it could be mining dividends, with very low pay-off, but that doesn't make sense because the fee is so high. Although, if it were the miner distributing the rewards in a block that it solved, then it would get the rewards anyway, so the fee really wouldn't matter...
Out of curiousity, could you post a link to see it in a block explorer, such as blockchain.info?
Out of curiousity, could you post a link to see it in a block explorer, such as blockchain.info?
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