<p>The number of transaction in a block negligibly effects the mining time. The only effect is that more computations need to be done to calculate the merkle root during block construction, but that is a very small fraction of the number of calculations needed to be done during mining itself. Mining only hashes a fixed amount of data so including more or less transactions does not really make a difference.</p>

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<p>Does number of transactions in the block affect it's mining time? </p>

<p>How and why?</p>

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How does number of transactions in the block affect it's mining time?
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# How does number of transactions in the block affect it's mining time?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-30)

Does number of transactions in the block affect it's mining time?

How and why?

**Tags:** transactions, block, mining-theory


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The number of transaction in a block negligibly effects the mining time. The only effect is that more computations need to be done to calculate the merkle root during block construction, but that is a very small fraction of the number of calculations needed to be done during mining itself. Mining only hashes a fixed amount of data so including more or less transactions does not really make a difference.


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