Derek Ross on Nostr: Generally speaking, we have empty blocks being found quite often. When a new block is ...
Generally speaking, we have empty blocks being found quite often. 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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