<p>This is the purpose of transaction fees. By mining a block, all transactions hashed in the block are confirmed, and the corresponding transaction fees go to the block discoverer (along with the block reward).
Right now the block reward dwarfs the transaction fee reward... but there is no downside to including other transactions while mining, so all of the nodes will do it.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T05:55:44.787Z
Addresses are not confirmed. Individual transactions are. Addresses do not exist from the point of view of the protocol.
Pieter Wuille
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T18:08:15.187Z
Yes, that was a typo, I meant transactions. Edited.
hedgedandlevered
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-21T23:20:10.097Z
2014-04-22T18:08:25.637Z
2014-04-22T18:08:25.637Z
hedgedandlevered
<p>Users who confirm or validate others' transactions are performing a public service on the Bitcoin network.</p>

<p>Is there any way to reward such users, perhaps by giving them priority for confirmation of their own transactions?</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-21T22:12:21.327Z
The ones that confirm the transactions *do* get a reward of 25BTC per block
John L. Jegutanis
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T18:56:27.550Z
@GiannisDzegoutanis: 25BTC per block. How much would that work out to in US dollars (or Euros)?
Tom Au
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T19:05:09.513Z
25 BTC * the current exchange rate (which BTW fluctuates minute to minute)
Mark S.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T19:09:08.697Z
@Mark S.: 25*$493= $12,325. Is that right, or did I invert (e.g. reverse the order of the numerator and denominator).
Tom Au
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-22T19:23:02.563Z
multiplication is transitive (meaning order does not matter) so yes that's correct based upon the price you stated)
Mark S.
<confirmations><mining-reward>
Is there a way of rewarding users who confirm others' transactions?
Tom Au
# Is there a way of rewarding users who confirm others' transactions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-21)

Users who confirm or validate others' transactions are performing a public service on the Bitcoin network.

Is there any way to reward such users, perhaps by giving them priority for confirmation of their own transactions?

**Tags:** confirmations, mining-reward

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The ones that confirm the transactions *do* get a reward of 25BTC per block  
> **username_0**: @GiannisDzegoutanis: 25BTC per block. How much would that work out to in US dollars (or Euros)?  
> **username_2**: 25 BTC * the current exchange rate (which BTW fluctuates minute to minute)  
> **username_0**: @username_2.: 25*$493= $12,325. Is that right, or did I invert (e.g. reverse the order of the numerator and denominator).  
> **username_2**: multiplication is transitive (meaning order does not matter) so yes that's correct based upon the price you stated)  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-04-21. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

This is the purpose of transaction fees. By mining a block, all transactions hashed in the block are confirmed, and the corresponding transaction fees go to the block discoverer (along with the block reward).
Right now the block reward dwarfs the transaction fee reward... but there is no downside to including other transactions while mining, so all of the nodes will do it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Addresses are not confirmed. Individual transactions are. Addresses do not exist from the point of view of the protocol.  
> **username_3**: Yes, that was a typo, I meant transactions. Edited.  

---

