<p>Yes.</p>

<p>Miners would just produce empty blocks. They would only be paid a subsidy (12.5 BTC per block, currently) and not any fees from transactions.</p>

<p>In its early history, Bitcoin had many empty blocks.</p>

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It seems that "many empty blocks" is an understatement, the first real transaction appears to be https://blockchain.info/block/00000000d1145790a8694403d4063f323d499e655c83426834d4ce2f8dd4a2ee 170 transactions after the genesis block, which is indeed empty https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f (except for the transaction that outputs the newly generated coins)
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<p>What would happen if suddenly everyone stops transferring bitcoins so that there is no work for miners (no transactions to be grouped into blocks)? Would mining be possible in that conditions? How exactly?</p>

<p>Of course, I realize this is impossible, I am interested in the theory behind it.</p>

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If there were no transactions, would mining be possible?
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# If there were no transactions, would mining be possible?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-10)

What would happen if suddenly everyone stops transferring bitcoins so that there is no work for miners (no transactions to be grouped into blocks)? Would mining be possible in that conditions? How exactly?

Of course, I realize this is impossible, I am interested in the theory behind it.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-10. Score: 8

Yes.

Miners would just produce empty blocks. They would only be paid a subsidy (12.5 BTC per block, currently) and not any fees from transactions.

In its early history, Bitcoin had many empty blocks.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: It seems that "many empty blocks" is an understatement, the first real transaction appears to be https://blockchain.info/block/00000000d1145790a8694403d4063f323d499e655c83426834d4ce2f8dd4a2ee 170 transactions after the genesis block, which is indeed empty https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f (except for the transaction that outputs the newly generated coins)  

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