You don’t see that every day: Bitcoin empty block found
Don't be fooled by its emptiness: Block 776,339 plays as important a role as busier blocks in the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin (BTC) is known for its robustness, security and predictability. Every 10 minutes–on average–the blockchain produces a new block and the successful miner earns a block reward of 6.25 BTC, circa $130,000. However, every once in a while, the Bitcoin blockchain surprises observers and participants. At block height 776,339, nodes across the network verified a completely empty block . The block was added to the Bitcoin block chain with zero included transactions–leading to some confusion among the crypto community. So, what exactly is an empty block , and how does it happen? Block expectation vs reality according to source: mempool.space First, while an empty block might seem strange at first, it's actually a normal occurrence on the network. The last time it occurred was little over two weeks ago, in block 774486. Miners are incentivized to mine bloc...