Where do transaction fees go in block #163368

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The reward of the Coinbase TX is only 50 BTC not including transaction fees. So who owned these fees?

langyu_8BTC

Posted 2014-06-28T19:31:30.007

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163369 includes transactions fees, you are meaning 163368 or 163370? – Dennis Kriechel – 2014-06-28T19:35:50.920

1sorry. my mistake. I mean 163368 – langyu_8BTC – 2014-06-28T19:40:19.210

Answers

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As you mentioned this Block and also some other ones in the blockchain as well failed to claim the fees. Some miners missed all fees other only a few, this can happen for a variety of reasons, almost all of them are bugs in the mining software.

So who owned these fees?

These coins are lost, the miner failed to claim them and so they are gone.

Dennis Kriechel

Posted 2014-06-28T19:31:30.007

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Or rather, they were never created. – Matthieu – 2014-06-29T04:21:12.460

@Matthieu what do you mean with "never created"? – Dennis Kriechel – 2014-06-29T06:05:18.723

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