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What are the technical reasons that mean bitcoin has such a long time between blocks? Other large chains (Ethereum, Litecoin) have significantly lower confirmat

What are the technical reasons that mean bitcoin has such a long time between blocks? Other large chains (Ethereum, Litecoin) have significantly lower confirmation times.

wmf 9y ago
Lower block times increase orphan risk and increase the size of the chain (because there are more block headers), but I suspect Satoshi pulled 10 minutes out of the air and now it can't be realistically changed.
- xwvvvvwx 9y ago
  now it can't be realistically changed why?