Kyle Wang
Kyle Wang
Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read

Robert, that’s a good thought, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. Miners in the blockchain compete with each other in real-time to post the next block. Whether you are part of a massive mining pool or working out of your garage makes no difference — there can only be one winner. As soon as a miner stumbles upon the right “answer” and broadcasts the block, all other miners immediately start working on the next block. As such, there is no advantage to targeting lower priority transactions — you simply get less of a return if you happen to be lucky enough to post the next block. Even if you were to altruistically include them, this does not give you any particular advantage. Does this make sense?

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