fix: avoid committing empty blocks after the deadline

[omerfirmak]

1. Purpose or design rationale of this PR

ev.Txsmight include transactions that we cannot include in a block for some reason. Double check that block is not empty before committing to it.

2. PR title

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3. Deployment tag versioning

Has the version in params/version.go been updated?

• This PR doesn't involve a new deployment, git tag, docker image tag, and it doesn't affect traces
• Yes

4. Breaking change label

Does this PR have the breaking-change label?

• This PR is not a breaking change
• Yes