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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitentrepreneur 18 Dec 2023 \ on: What is Antpool up to? I keep observing this empty blocks from their pool bitcoin
this is because stratum v1 pools send empty blocks containing the new prevhash, as this arrives faster than a message containing a full block.
oh and the fix is already here, with stratumv2. sv2 pools eliminate the empty block incentive by making full-block propagation equally efficient to empty block propagation
Thanks, this was insightful
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you're welcome. happy to help
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