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.
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The amounts in empty blocks is related to the block reward I assume? – fatdoor Oct 16 '16 at 07:59
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Amounts of what ? If amounts of monero, yes. – user36303 Oct 16 '16 at 08:32
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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) – fatdoor Oct 16 '16 at 08:41
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Ah, yes, it is amounts of monero in that case. I will edit for clarity. – user36303 Oct 16 '16 at 08:45