[Tideflat]

Having little or no fees was supposed to be one of the big advantages of bitcoin compared to traditional financial transactions.

[lololomg]

Not true at all. I'm not sure where people get this idea but if you read Satoshi's original paper you'll see that this is just false.

[haakon]

Unfortunately, this is how Bitcoin was promoted for a long time. "Free, instant transactions!" It always bugged me.