According to ChainCatcher, an interesting thing happened on the Bitcoin network recently: miners dug out an empty block at block height 871732! 🤔This means that there are only Coinbase transactions for block rewards in this block, and no other transactions. Surprisingly, the time interval between this empty block and the previous block is only 6 seconds⏱️.

So why do miners choose to mine empty blocks? This is actually out of economic considerations. In this short period of time, miners choose not to fill transactions to avoid conflicts with transactions in the parent block, thereby maximizing their profits. This strategy is considered the wisest choice in some cases. 💡

This incident once again reminds us that every decision in the blockchain network may be driven by economic motivations. 📈