On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgar...@exmulti.com> wrote: > There appears to be some non-trivial mining power devoted to mining > empty blocks.
In the last 2016 blocks, as I write this, there are only 35 1 txn blocks. This is about 1.73%, which wouldn't be surprising just from timing alone. Moreover, a fair amount (I didn't measure the percentage) appear to be mined by Eligius— Luke does some clever pre-computation of the hash tree for faster distribution right after new blocks. Resources expended on fancy (and potentially risky) techno-economic hacks to discourage empty blocks would probably be better spent writing very fast transaction tree generating code. Can we kill this thread now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
