Solution

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Condition on the molecule being empty. Its instantaneous incoming-charge jump rate is , so the unconditional stationary number of arrivals per unit time is
This stationary jump traffic at a single contact is a unidirectional jump count, not a signed net current. Stationarity also gives . Multiplying their difference by the charge gives zero net stationary electrical current through the molecule's single contact, even though individual arrival and departure events continue.

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