All that said, the empty blocks miner is just being malicio…

All that said, the empty blocks miner is just being maliciously destructive. The Bitcoin Association just produced a compelling argument in this press release https://bitcoinassociation.net/statement-on-empty-block-miner/ where they present their data showing that they've been mining for a while & that they WERE accepting transactions before (presumably when they were trying to blend in as they increased their hashrate). That's pretty damning evidence that they're just fucking with us.