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They both get propagated throughout the network.
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A stale block is a block that once was in the network but isn’t anymore, because his version of the chain has been dropped.
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They occur when valid Blocks propagate at the same time and one one version continues faster than the other. Then the network chooses the longer chain with the most proof of work.
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Because the Block has to be confirmed by the whole network and not just my version. And the more blocks following after the current one the less the chance that this block is being dropped.
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1 whichever block is the next to have a confirmed block added is valid the other one goes back to mem pool
2 the block that goes back to mempool
3 when two blocks are created at the same time
4 to confirm the validity of the chain you will be hooked to
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1. What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
Two versions of truth are valid until the next block is created and the networkk will chose the longest chain. The block in the longest chain is valid, the tx of the other block go back to the mempool.
2. What is a stale block?
Stale block are block that were in the blockchain at one time but then got dropped because another version of the blockchain that is longer pushed trough.
3. How do stale blocks occur?
When miners propogate a block at the same time.
4. Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
It is recommendet to wait for 6 blocks (~1 hour) after your transaction to ensure that the block where your transaction is in will not be dropped.
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If two miners solve a block at the same time, the next miner that joins which ever block which makes it the longer block will continue since others will mine against the longer blockchain, and the shorter block will become a stale block.
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A stale block is a block that a miner has solved the nonce but is rejected.
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Stale blocks occur when two versions of the truth compete on the network.
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Its is important to wait of approx 6 blocks to confirm transactions because your transaction can be a stale block which then all the transactions within the stale block will return to the mempool.
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What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
The longer chain wins -
What is a stale block?
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How do stale blocks occur?
the minted Block got rejected , because of the longer chain of the opponent -
Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
greatly reduced odds of becoming stale
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1.Only one will eventualy win (The one with the longer blockchain)The shorter blockchain will get dropped.
2.Stale block is a block that was not accepted and got dropped out.
3.They occur when the block gets rejected because another version of the truth was accepted.
4.It is important to wait for 6 confirmations to be sure that the block your transactions are in is not dropped from the chain.
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- the chain forks temporarily until the next minor produces the next block and continues the chain
2.a stale or orphans block is a block that was once a valid block in the chain but got removed after
3.Stale blocks hap[pens when two blocks have been produced in the same or similar time period and one of those block chains won’t get used
- it is important to wait for 6 confirmations blocks to be sure your blocked hasn’t been dropped
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Both blocks will be accepted by nodes until such time where new blocks are submitted based on either one or the other previous block. The longest version of truth or blockchain will be accepted and the other version with the other block will become stale and the transactions will be placed back into the mempool.
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A newly created block that has not been chosen as the next block and removed from the blockchain
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This occurs due to another block being created at the same time that results in a longer chain. This block is then chosen as the next block instead of the other block that becomes stale.
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The new block has to be broadcast to each and every node in the world. 10mins is enough time for all the nodes to have received the new block and be ready for the next block. This reduces stale blocks in the network.
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there will temporarily be two versions of the blockchain. then one version will get longer and the other one will be rejected by the network
the stale block will be the rejected one (or ones) that were temporarily part of the network, they occur because if two blocks are solved at the same time it they will propagate the nearest nodes in the system with their version of the current blockchain you should wait for multiple blocks to be confirmed because the block your transaction is in could be rejected and become a stale block
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
The chain is split and at that moment both miners has created the chain of blocks, where the last block is different, but they are both valid, until one of the versions of the chain becomes longer than the other.
- What is a stale block?
Stale blocks (orphaned blocks) are blocks which ended up not being ‘‘built upon’’ by other miners and subsequently they became part of the shorter chain. Which in turn meant these blocks were disregarded and the transactions in them were returned to the mempool to be placed in another block further down the line.
- How do stale blocks occur?
They occur when the particular version of the chain including this particular block became the ‘‘shorter’’ version of the chain, meaning that this version of the chain had less PoW done on it, so it got disregarded and abandoned.
- Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
Because there is no telling if this ‘‘1 confirmation’’ stems from a block that might be invalidated in near future, that is why it is better to wait to see that this version of the blockchain (with this transaction in this block) will be propagated to other miners making it part of the longest chain the network agrees on.
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Two version of. blockchain are in place until next block will determine, which block should be used for continuous fashion of blockchain.
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Stale block or orphan block is the block, which was present in the blockchain in one time, but it was dropped later on due to fact, that blockchain continued thru other block, which was solved at the same time like Stale block.
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When miners solve a block at the same time.
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Recommendation is to wait 6 confirmation = 6 blocks, because than it is sure, that block with your transaction will be not dropped back to mempool.
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
- The blockchain with the greatest difficulty proof of work is chosen to be the next block
- What is a stale block?
-A block whose transactions have been dropped in favor of a more active (and longer)blockchain - How do stale blocks occur?
- Stale blocks occur when blockchain information gets dropped and transactions recycled into the mempool because another blockchain is chosen to continue as the superior chain.
- Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
- to increase the likelihood of your information being forwarded into an active blockchain.
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
The blockchain forks temporarily until more blocks are mined on one chain, then the shorter chain is dropped. - What is a stale block? & 3. How do stale blocks occur?
A block that was rejected from the bitcoin blockchain after nodes and miners didn’t mine on it. - Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
The block your transaction is in may end up being a stale block. Your transactions will not have been mined then. They will be sent back to the mempool.
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When two miners solve a block and try to link it to the blockchain at the same time, the heavier block that becomes the longest in the chain will become the new block in the chain. The transactions in the shorter blockor stale block are then put back in the mempool.
A stale block is created when 2 miner’s blocks compete for the same next block in the blockchain at the same time. One of the blocks will continue to build the blockchain. The other block becomes a stale block and its transactions are then returned to the mempool to be added to another block.
It is important to allow the block time to propagate on the global network, thus the 10 minute block creation time frame and allowing 6 confirmations on your transaction will give more assurance that your transaction was added to the blockchain was not held up in a stale block.
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
The will both be added to the blockchain, temporarily creating 2 versions of the blockchain.
- What is a stale block?
A stale block is a valid block that gets dropped from the blockchain
- How do stale blocks occur?
Stale blocks occur when 2 (or more) miners append a block to the blockchain at about the same time. Then, a subsequent miner mines 1 of those 2 (or more) blocks and increases the chain in that direction, thus negating the validity of the others that were competing. Those then go stale and their Tx’s get sent back to the mempool.
- Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
Best to wait for 6 blocks to be confirmed to ensure a valid transaction, as anything less may mean the transaction may be from a stale or orphaned block.
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They both get added to the blockchain until one of them ends up with more blocks appended to it than the other.
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A stale block is one that was initially added to the blockchain only to be rejected later.
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It occurs when two miners solve the cryptographic puzzle at the same time and both add their valid blocks simultaneously. Nearby nodes then recognize the version of the blockchain broadcast by each miner and the mining continues on each chain until one becomes longer than the other. The longer chain will ultimately be recognized by the network and the shorter one will be rejected resulting in stale blocks.
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Because you want to be sure that your transaction isn’t part of a stale block. By waiting for 6 confirmations, you can be more confident that it is on the longest recognized version of the blockchain.
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time?
Two different blocks are made until one gets dropped through the census checking for the longest chain with the most
PoW
- What is a stale block?
A block that even though was valid had been kicked out of the blockchain in favor of a chain with longer PoW
- How do stale blocks occur?
When there’s two blockchains made at the same time from different areas it will for a short amount of time make it so there’s two blocks made but after one chain becomes longer it will drop the other one
- Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction?
Because you should wait 6 block cycles because there’s a chance your transaction was put into a future stale block, they say 6 blocks should be enough time to have everywhere verify your block
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- What happens in the bitcoin network when two miners solve a block at the same time? - two blocks are added to the blockchain. Then when the chain splits other miners add blocks to each chain which results in one chain being ultimately longer than the other. The network then accepts the longer chain. It takes 6 confirmations (6 blocks after the split) for a transaction to be considered confirmed.
- What is a stale block? - It is a block that is dropped back into the mampool as the one from the shorter chain.
- How do stale blocks occur? - They occur when miners add new blocks at the same time. The network allows approximately 10 min between blocks to let the chain build on itself so one of the chains grows longer and is accepted by the network.
- Why is it important to wait for more than one block to be confirmed when sending or receiving a transaction? - In order to minimize the risk of your block being rejected by the network.
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- There are now 2 valid bitcoin blockchains.
- It’s a block that’s created when there are multiple valid bitcoin blockchains, but the other chain becomes the longest. The next blocks will determine which chain will win from the other, because the longest blockchain is the one that gets accepted at the end.
- It occurs when 2 miners solve a block at the same time and there are multiple valid bitcoin blockchains.
- Because there could exist multiple valid chains, you need to wait for 6 confirmations to confirm that all previous valid chains are dropped by the network.
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- There will be two possible blockchains. With two possible blocks to follow. Whichever block gets followed by 6 (SIX) following blocks, will be 100% confirmed. This way, the other possible chain will be “canceled” and those other blocks will be send back to the mempol.
2.It is the block that once was part of a chain but didn’t get the 6 following-blocks to 100% confirm it
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When there are two possible blocks to follow in the same blockchain
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Because if not, there will be several possible blocckchains to follow and in the end, there will be lots of stale blocks. And we don’t want that!
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