user76760: 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 ? 

user76726: 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. 

76760: <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>
 76726: <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>
