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Why are Empty Blocks Happening with OrangeSurf from mempool.space (SLP588)

Why are Empty Blocks Happening with OrangeSurf from mempool.space (SLP588)

Stephan Livera Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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Why are some bitcoin blocks empty? Orange Surf from the
mempool.space team joins me to explain his recent research report
on this topic. We discuss:

Why do empty blocks happen?

Comparing empty block rates across mining pools

Firmware and config differences

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:44) - Orange Surf’s research report on empty blocks

(02:02) - Block interval data sets

(06:25) - What is an empty block?

(08:09) - What causes an empty block to occur?

(11:35) - Nuances of a working of a miner; switching from empty
to full block templates

(14:05) - Differences in the empty block performance

(19:01) - Antpool’s internal miner firmware

(21:30) - Sponsors

(25:00) - Effective management of block templates by mining pools

(34:54) - Ocean's empty blocks

(36:08) - Mining decentralisation and proxy pools

(41:07) - Sponsors

(42:14) - Mining templates & pool payouts

(44:57) - Upcoming mempool features

(49:06) - Outro

Links:

Empty Block Report:
https://research.mempool.space/empty-block-report/

Pool Reserve: https://orange.surf/pool-reserves/

Enterprise: mempool.space/enterprise

Community Sponsors: mempool.space/sponsor

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Mempool.space

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