<p>They are paid nothing. An orphan block is wasted time and energy. A miner must put some effort into maintaining good connectivity to all the other nodes to avoid wasting money. </p>

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2018-02-13T05:17:49.340Z
Is it that a miner gets paid for the creation of a block after 6 confirmations in case of bitcoin?
Vasista
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A miner in every cryptocurrency gets paid in the very same block they mine. In case of Bitcoin they only can spend it 100 blocks later.
Osias Jota
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Osias Jota
<p>I know that miners don't get paid for orphan blocks. But what do they not get paid , transaction fees or block reward or both ? </p>

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2018-02-12T16:29:27.683Z
Orphan blocks, for all purposes, may have never happened at all.  So Orphan blocks pay nothing. (No transaction fees, nor block reward fees).
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Payment for Orphan blocks
Vasista
# Payment for Orphan blocks

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-12)

I know that miners don't get paid for orphan blocks. But what do they not get paid , transaction fees or block reward or both ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Orphan blocks, for all purposes, may have never happened at all.  So Orphan blocks pay nothing. (No transaction fees, nor block reward fees).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

They are paid nothing. An orphan block is wasted time and energy. A miner must put some effort into maintaining good connectivity to all the other nodes to avoid wasting money.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Is it that a miner gets paid for the creation of a block after 6 confirmations in case of bitcoin?  
> **username_2**: A miner in every cryptocurrency gets paid in the very same block they mine. In case of Bitcoin they only can spend it 100 blocks later.  

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