Some people also wanted to make sure that their particular transaction was included in this block for posterity. Paying a fee increases the priority (https://en

Some people also wanted to make sure that their particular transaction was included in this block for posterity. Paying a fee increases the priority (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vocabulary https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vocabulary) of the transaction to make it more likely to be included. Here is someone who claims to have missed out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128200.msg1363948#msg1363948 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128200.msg1363948#ms...