You don't just get to "make as much bitcoin" as you want. The miner fees are dictated by the users and serve as a priority. The main reason for the fees is to keep a high market pressure on the miners to continue. When the reward block drops to nothing (~2140) there will only be mining fees, and it is expected that the mining fees will become more and more of the reward as time goes on.
You can have a transaction with zero mining fees, I have before.
GoldenAgeWhen 1 points 2.8 years ago
I didn't downvote you before, btw.
You don't just get to "make as much bitcoin" as you want. The miner fees are dictated by the users and serve as a priority. The main reason for the fees is to keep a high market pressure on the miners to continue. When the reward block drops to nothing (~2140) there will only be mining fees, and it is expected that the mining fees will become more and more of the reward as time goes on.
You can have a transaction with zero mining fees, I have before.