Why are empty blocks not all the same size?
On Monero Blocks I see a different size for blocks with zero transactions.
1157855 block size 210
1157856 block size 254
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Usually, empty blocks can vary within a couple bytes, as monero amounts (present in the coinbase transaction even in "empty" blocks) are stored in a varying length encoding.
1157856, however, is a lot larger because it's got extra info in the extra field. It's probably been mined by MinerGate, who tends to add their own private information in blocks.
answered Oct 15, 2016 at 10:01
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The amounts in empty blocks is related to the block reward I assume?– fatdoorCommented Oct 16, 2016 at 7:59
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"Amounts of what ?" => Actually I didn't know. I was referring to the amounts in your answer. (by the way; thank you for the quick and useful answers)– fatdoorCommented Oct 16, 2016 at 8:41
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Ah, yes, it is amounts of monero in that case. I will edit for clarity. Commented Oct 16, 2016 at 8:45