Mining • Estimated 60m

Stale Blocks

mining.stale-blocks

Why valid blocks can become stale due to propagation races and how relay improvements reduce this risk.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Core Academy: Block Relay (article) Relay performance and topology effects on stale-rate outcomes.
• BIP 152: Compact Block Relay (article) Bandwidth and latency optimizations that reduce stale races.
• Bitcoin Developer Guide: Block Chain (article) Chain race and reorganization background.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Pool vs Solo Mining
• Reorgs and Finality

Direct dependents (1)

• Block Propagation Latency

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