user2205: I'm fairly new to bitcoin and today I sent 1 satoshi to my own adress using the standard wallet, and I was surprised that I couldn't do it without paying a 0.005 BTC (I think, can't remember the exact value) transaction fee.
As far as I knew transaction fee's were supposed to be voluntary, when did this get added? Is there no way to transfer bitcoins for free anymore? 

user16: Transaction fees are voluntary but the client application is forcing the minimum transaction amount of .005.  It's been a long time since I've used the standard client.  .005 sounds correct.

2205: <p>I'm fairly new to bitcoin and today I sent 1 satoshi to my own adress using the standard wallet, and I was surprised that I couldn't do it without paying a 0.005 BTC (I think, can't remember the exact value) transaction fee.</p>

<p>As far as I knew transaction fee's were supposed to be voluntary, when did this get added? Is there no way to transfer bitcoins for free anymore? </p>
 16: <p>Transaction fees are voluntary but the client application is forcing the minimum transaction amount of .005.  It's been a long time since I've used the standard client.  .005 sounds correct.</p>
