TechFlow reports that on October 20, according to mempool data, miners mined an empty block (a block containing only the coinbase transaction for block rewards) at Bitcoin block height 866508, just 36 seconds after the previous block. Miners choose to mine empty blocks based on economic incentives, which represents the most rational decision. To fully utilize this short interval for mining while avoiding transaction conflicts with the parent block, miners cannot include any transactions in the new block—meaning they can only attempt to mine empty blocks.
Add to Favorites
Share to Social Media
