# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-05-30 18:51:54
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=10660.msg153042#msg153042

Bitcoin isn't suited for transactions worth less than about one US penny@p{--} it wasn't designed or intended for lots of micro-transactions. @p{par}

That said, building a micro-transaction system on top of bitcoin is certainly possibly (see witcoin or youtipit for some examples@p{--} or see the way the Bitcoin Faucet is handling payments recently, bundling up lots of small transactions to send them without paying outrageous fees). @p{brk}