【Bitcoin mined an empty block at height 868664 two hours ago】According to Golden Finance reports and mempool data, miners mined an empty block (i.e., the block only contains a single transaction for the block reward Coinbase) at Bitcoin height 868664, with only a 42-second time interval from the previous block height. Miners pack empty blocks out of economic considerations, as doing so is the wisest choice for them. To fully utilize this time for mining and to avoid conflicts with transactions packed in the parent block, miners cannot fill the block with transactions, meaning they can only attempt to mine empty blocks.