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Someone must sue these people? Don't they see the size of the mempool?
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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

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https://mempool.space/docs/faq#why-empty-blocks

Why are there empty blocks? ADVANCED

When a new block is found, mining pools send miners a block template with no transactions so they can start searching for the next block as soon as possible. They send a block template full of transactions right afterward, but a full block template is a bigger data transfer and takes slightly longer to reach miners.

In this intervening time, which is usually no more than 1-2 seconds, miners sometimes get lucky and find a new block using the empty block template.

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Dikaios1517 2y ago

Nailed it!

With the mempools being so full, it has made it take a bit longer to generate block templates, so these empty blocks have been occurring a bit more often, but it is a normal part of how mining works. Nothing to be concerned about.

They just happened to find a new block right on the heels of the previous block, and before a new block template could be populated with transactions.

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

Thank you! I wish more people read the available documents! 🐶🐾🫡🫂