# Gavin Andresen # 2011-09-09 19:18:13 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42531.msg517818#msg517818 They won't lose any money to fees, because they won't broadcast their transactions-to-self, they'll just include them in blocks that they create. @p{par} @p{brk} So, evil miner does: @p{par} Gets some myselfcoins. @p{brk} Creates transactions that pays themselves the myselfcoins, and pays BIG fees. @p{brk} Does NOT broadcast those transactions. @p{brk} ... eventually mines a block that contains those transactions (they're a miner, they can put whatever transactions they like in their blocks). @p{par} Then does that again and again, re-using the same coins, getting richer and richer from the FEES+10% @p{brk}