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2023-08-30 12:27:13
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marcp on Nostr: When a new block is found, mining pools send miners a block template with no ...

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.

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