# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-04-29 13:59:18
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6781.msg99368#msg99368

0.001 BTC at today's exchange rate is uncomfortably close to the @p{(link}estimated network-wide cost@p{link)} of processing a bitcoin transaction (which is about 0.001 US dollars). @p{par}

The danger is a flood of micro-transactions that keep everybody's CPUs busy, driving up that hidden cost and, eventually driving people to stop running bitcoin because the costs aren't worth the benefits. @p{par}

 @p{brk}
Also: lets not confuse the "how many free transactions" with "what is the smallest transaction amount you can send." @p{par}