1) Amazing. This sent me on another rabbit hole to learn more about hexadecimals but was very educational.
3) Okay, I had gotten a bit confused about how the list of transactions was generated in a miner's candidate block. I now understand that they're drawn from the transaction pool and added to the candidate block at the miner's discretion. The specific transactions drawn, the order they're in, and the initial coinbase transaction will ensure the merkle tree is different for everyone. Additionally, as you point out, the timestamp would also be different.
The concept of fees and reward is really interesting. This is a block with zero transactions where the miner simply went after the reward.
I've held a fascination about blockchains for a while, but have found it really un-approachable and confusing. Your articles and explanations have been awesome. Thanks for the reply to my questions!
1) Amazing. This sent me on another rabbit hole to learn more about hexadecimals but was very educational.
3) Okay, I had gotten a bit confused about how the list of transactions was generated in a miner's candidate block. I now understand that they're drawn from the transaction pool and added to the candidate block at the miner's discretion. The specific transactions drawn, the order they're in, and the initial coinbase transaction will ensure the merkle tree is different for everyone. Additionally, as you point out, the timestamp would also be different.
The concept of fees and reward is really interesting. This is a block with zero transactions where the miner simply went after the reward.
I've held a fascination about blockchains for a while, but have found it really un-approachable and confusing. Your articles and explanations have been awesome. Thanks for the reply to my questions!
Happy to help :) These questions force me to learn on a more deeper level. Always welcomed.