rich1.0npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58https://nostr.ae/npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58njumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2012-05-24 📝 Original message:There appears to be some non-trivial mining power devoted to mining empty blocks. Even with satoshi's key observation -- hash a fixed 80-byte header, not the entire block -- some miners still find it easier to mine empty blocks, rather than watch the network for new transactions. Therefore I was wondering what people thought about a client implementation change: - Do not store or relay empty blocks, if time since last block < X (where X = 60 minutes, perhaps) or even stronger, - Ensure latest block includes at least X percent of mempool unconfirmed TXs The former is easier to implement, though there is the danger that no-TX miners simply include a statically generated transaction or two. The latter might be considered problematic, as it might refuse to relay quickly found blocks. Comments? It wouldn't be a problem if these no-TX blocks were not already getting frequent (1 in 20). -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgarzik at exmulti.com