<p>If any DLT is working without mining, then it is vulnerable to frauds, double spends, because there is no gaurantee that the nodes are honest upon block broadcasting, and no way to reach consensus between the nodes. This is only feasible in private blockchain if at all.</p>

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2017-08-06T21:30:17.857Z
So you say, there must be a transaction cost, do you? If someone buys a an item for 1 bitcoin and then sells it back, the transaction costs must be paid. BTW, Ripple Labs isn't mining, they pre-mined their coin right?
imonaboat
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2017-08-07T16:38:38.840Z
There can not be a honest public blockchain without mining, but there can be one without transaction cost. Like initially, BTC transactions had no transaction fee, you can create a transaction with no fee today as well, but it will get accepted by miner or not that we are unsure. Yes, Ripple is initially mined, but mind you, that it is centralized DLT, and it is not mineable now.
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Piyush Chittara
<p><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/876/how-much-will-transaction-fees-eventually-be">How much will transaction fees eventually be?</a> describes that current transaction fees are untenable. The transaction cost for users, I think should be the only upward driver for the price of bitcoin. Ripple has played out the transaction cost economy by centralizing the transaction processing (if I understand correctly). But, this is because traditional banks already have a real 'reputation to uphold', which is of course a reputation of paying enormous fines for untoward doings. Anyway, what coin offers a decentralized ledger, without the mining and transaction costs? </p>

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What coin offers a decentralized ledger, without mining and transaction costs?
imonaboat
# What coin offers a decentralized ledger, without mining and transaction costs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-04)

[How much will transaction fees eventually be?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/876/how-much-will-transaction-fees-eventually-be) describes that current transaction fees are untenable. The transaction cost for users, I think should be the only upward driver for the price of bitcoin. Ripple has played out the transaction cost economy by centralizing the transaction processing (if I understand correctly). But, this is because traditional banks already have a real 'reputation to uphold', which is of course a reputation of paying enormous fines for untoward doings. Anyway, what coin offers a decentralized ledger, without the mining and transaction costs?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-04. Score: 3

If any DLT is working without mining, then it is vulnerable to frauds, double spends, because there is no gaurantee that the nodes are honest upon block broadcasting, and no way to reach consensus between the nodes. This is only feasible in private blockchain if at all.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So you say, there must be a transaction cost, do you? If someone buys a an item for 1 bitcoin and then sells it back, the transaction costs must be paid. BTW, Ripple Labs isn't mining, they pre-mined their coin right?  
> **username_1**: There can not be a honest public blockchain without mining, but there can be one without transaction cost. Like initially, BTC transactions had no transaction fee, you can create a transaction with no fee today as well, but it will get accepted by miner or not that we are unsure. Yes, Ripple is initially mined, but mind you, that it is centralized DLT, and it is not mineable now.  

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