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...
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.
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.
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