sethforprivacy on Nostr: Mining empty blocks is disincentivized through transaction fees, so would only be ...
Mining empty blocks is disincentivized through transaction fees, so would only be done with other incentives (like a government subsidized pool to attack the network, or the government themselves attacking the network.)
There is no “legitimate” reason to mine empty blocks unless there are 0 transactions in the mempool.
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2023-02-22 12:24:47Event JSON
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