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Why do empty Bitcoin blocks exist? Read the full report: https://research.mempool.space/empty-block-report/
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Empty Bitcoin blocks occur when miners find a block using an empty template. Many pools send empty templates to miners because they’re faster to distribute, helping miners start work slightly sooner.

10.6% of all Bitcoin blocks to date were empty, the majority of which were in the early days when there were very few transactions.

Over time this rate has dropped significantly, and now ranges from 0.15% to 0.5% at the network levhttps://m.primal.net/IZiW.png el.
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mempool research · 93w
Template Approach: Each pool decides whether to send empty templates and follow up with full templates, or only send full templates. Delayed switching to full templates means miners miss out on transaction fees. Only sending full templates causes a slight extra delay. https://m.primal.net/IZif.pn...