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> The coin you may or may not spend does not go to the people who incur the cost. The spent coin goes to nobody - it is burned into the blockchain as a transac
by ryan-c 12y ago
> The coin you may or may not spend does not go to the people who incur the cost.
The spent coin goes to nobody - it is burned into the blockchain as a transaction output that can never be spent, and cannot be pruned.
- rwallace 12y agoSurely that means it effectively does go to the people who incur the cost? Burning some coins increases scarcity, thus increasing the value of all other coins, so it's effectively a donation to everyone who holds bitcoin?
- maaku 12y agoI assumed he was talking about fees. You could make the output zero-valued.