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hunicus 2022-05-25 18:59:11 -04:00
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@ -5989,6 +5989,14 @@ export const faqData = [
title: "What does it mean for the mempool to be \"full\"?",
answer: "<p>When a Bitcoin transaction is made, it is stored in a Bitcoin node's mempool before it is confirmed into a block. When the rate of incoming transactions exceeds the rate transactions are confirmed, the mempool grows in size.</p><p>The default maximum size of a Bitcoin node's mempool is 300MB, so when there are 300MB of transactions in the mempool, we say it's \"full\".</p>"
},
{
type: "endpoint",
category: "basics",
showConditions: bitcoinNetworks,
fragment: "why-empty-blocks",
title: "Why are there empty blocks?",
answer: "<p>When a new block is found, mining pools send miners a block template with no transactions so they can start searching for the next block as soon as possible. They send a block template full of transactions right afterward, but a full block template is a bigger data transfer and takes slightly longer to reach miners.</p><p>In this intervening time, which is usually no more than 1-2 seconds, miners sometimes get lucky and find a new block using the empty block template.</p>"
},
{
type: "category",
category: "help",