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> A miner could put no transactions in a block, and still get the 25 bitcoin block reward, but if they do that, they are hurting confidence in the bitcoin netwo
by the_mitsuhiko 11y ago
> A miner could put no transactions in a block, and still get the 25 bitcoin block reward, but if they do that, they are hurting confidence in the bitcoin network
I don't think that's true at all. Even if some would not clear any transactions people would still be okay with that for as long as the rest does. And there are definitely some zero transaction blocks being minted.
- sanswork 11y agoThe 0 transaction blocks tend to be ones that are mined in rapid succession(less than a minute after the previous block) and not actually miners intentionally including no transactions.
- FatalLogic 11y agoAnd there are definitely some zero transaction blocks being minted. Yes, there definitely are. As I said, if you read my comment.