Quote from: The Hidebehinder on August 18, 2025, 03:31:32 PM

I'm asking this in context of the new 0.1 sat/b fees, I was always curious what happens in these scenarios:

a) The block can be filled 50% with tx at 2sat/vb, the next tx in order at 1.99sat/vb will cover another 30% of the space but the next two one each at 1.98sat/vb are 25% so they would either both fit or not, higher revenue for miners or fee order?
b) First ten 10 tx normal on in/out at 100sat/vb the next one at 99sat/vb is a full block ordinal, the rest are at 0.1sat/vb , would profitability kick in again or the full block size one will get dropped?

All my answers I found would point to the miner going by profitability but then why do some pools still mine like this is not of concern and still have empty blocks when they could choose some small tx from the mempool to fill them up?

Block construction is a complex trade-off between profitability, efficiency, and compliance. Miners must maximize profits in the short term while maintaining the long-term health of the network. Excessive greed (such as including all high-fee transactions) can cause users to flee, ultimately harming their interests.