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What was the largest transaction fee ever paid? Assuming that payment was an accident was the sender able to contact the miner who mined that block and negotiate a full or partial refund?
Largest Bitcoin transaction fee ever paid?
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This transaction (2016-04-26) has even higher fees (291.2409 BTC).
This plot shows transaction fees higher than 1000USD from the past 3 years. From the plot, the April 2016 transaction seems to be the one paying the highest fee.
BitClub offered to refund the transaction, but the whole episode was a bit controversial.
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I think this one: http://btc.blockr.io/tx/info/4ed20e0768124bc67dc684d57941be1482ccdaa45dadb64be12afba8c8554537 - 200 BTC fee!
It was an accidental fee scooped up by ASICMiner, but they refunded the guy.
1There are honest people in the world. Happy to hear about that huge refund! – Lars Gustafson – 2016-05-28T07:07:34.623