The increase would be, for a block thar AntPool mines just after their own,
(Block total fees) * (AntPool share of total hashrate)^2 * (time to get new block and prepare new template) / (10 minutes)
And that would always be a template that is valid.
For any previous block whatsoever (not mined by AntPool) we remove the "^2". But then, it's not a guarantee that we try to include already included TX. In this scenario they should try and mine TX that are further down in the mempool queue and thus have a higher probability not to be included in the block just mined.
Anyway, for the first scenario the number is around (I'm guessing some numbers)
Per block (all blocks even the ones they don't find)
Now that I calculated it... It's actually very significant.. why don't they do this? I guess they will start doing it now that the fees are so high. It will take some work but seems definitely worth it to get a 200k * 1/.25^2 = 0.032 btc increase in revenue from blocks that they do find
It would increase their revenue
The increase would be, for a block thar AntPool mines just after their own,
(Block total fees) * (AntPool share of total hashrate)^2 * (time to get new block and prepare new template) / (10 minutes)
And that would always be a template that is valid.
For any previous block whatsoever (not mined by AntPool) we remove the "^2". But then, it's not a guarantee that we try to include already included TX. In this scenario they should try and mine TX that are further down in the mempool queue and thus have a higher probability not to be included in the block just mined.
Anyway, for the first scenario the number is around (I'm guessing some numbers)
2 * 0.25^2 * 5 sec / 10 min = 0.002 btc = 200 ksat
Per block (all blocks even the ones they don't find)
Now that I calculated it... It's actually very significant.. why don't they do this? I guess they will start doing it now that the fees are so high. It will take some work but seems definitely worth it to get a 200k * 1/.25^2 = 0.032 btc increase in revenue from blocks that they do find