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My understanding is that miners wanted small blocks and have hobbled the protocol for them.
by api 2y ago
My understanding is that miners wanted small blocks and have hobbled the protocol for them.
- ProllyInfamous 2y agoI'm not sure what caused your belief, but: Miners are (and always have been) allowed to mine blocks containing zero transactions (i.e. ~0kB, not including necessities). It's us nodes that choose to reject/accept (of course there is Venn overlap). This was common until block congestion actually started encouraging senders to include transaction fees; these [still!-]voluntarily fees represent a healthy addition to the blockreward, so most miners incur the minimal overhead for much-greater profit. Yet zero-transaction blocks continue to be mined (albeit less-frequently).