Thursday, July 2, 2020

2 questions about BCH block time, why the block time fluctuates so much, and what about blocks with 1 transaction, 0 input, 1 output?

When I use a BCH block explorer, I don't understand what I see.

I need some help to guide me on what I believe to see.

I think I see a pattern.

The patterns start with very short block times. There are +10, sometimes 20, blocks per Hr. (for example 642211 - 642220)

The next step will be 3, maybe 4 blocks per Hr.

And the last step will be, you have 1 to 2 block per Hr. Sometimes it can take more than 1 Hr for the next block.

After some time, the circle will start again with massive blocks per Hr.

My first question is, is this pattern correct, and why does this happen?

I aspected more regular distributed blocks per Hr.

My second question is about a block with 1 transaction. (For example block 642226.)

https://explorer.bitcoin.com/bch/block/000000000000000001c7da8497b4b1ff006963fab27044735b59cf01ab26edf1

This block has 0 inputs and 1 output.

Do I understand correctly that this block gives the block reward of 6.25 BCH to the miner, and don't validate transactions? That the miner "mines" an empty block?

If yes, why the miner can have a block reward for an empty block? Is this abusing the system?



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