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Can somebody please help me understand why Block 708190 has 1 transaction involving 0 BTC? Isn’t this unusual?
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/708190
Block 708190
> This block was mined on November 04, 2021 at 11:44 PM GMT+8 by [Unknown](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qppsntrhcfe8m48dszxzjq9tfdd4ccpua0hqej2). It currently has 3 confirmations on the Bitcoin blockchain.
> The miner(s) of this block earned a total reward of 6.25000000 BTC ($382,591.00). The reward consisted of a base reward of 6.25000000 BTC ($382,591.00) with an additional 0.00000000 BTC ($0.00) reward paid as fees of the 1 transactions which were included in the block. The Block rewards, also known as the Coinbase reward, were sent to this [address](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qppsntrhcfe8m48dszxzjq9tfdd4ccpua0hqej2).
> A total of 0.00000000 BTC ($0.00) were sent in the block with the average transaction being 0.00000000 BTC ($0.00).
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If a block is found immediately after the previous block, before there’s a chance to sort out the updated transaction pool, it’s to the benefit of the miner to broadcast it anyway and claim the block reward.
Alternatively, someone is just being a dick, but there’s nothing that forces anyone to include transactions.
It isn’t unusual
Happens all the time.
not very unusual. it happens for a number of perfectly valid reasons. none nefarious or concerning.
“BuT i THouGHT We NeeDeD To iNCreaSe BLoCK SiZeS To FiT MoaR TRaCTioNS?!”
https://blog.lopp.net/empty-bitcoin-blocks-full-mempool/
Also
https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-block-time-variance/