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10 minutes is the average time between the creation of the two blocks, so the time could be much greater. Block 74638 was mined almost 7 hours after the previo
by esnard 9y ago
10 minutes is the average time between the creation of the two blocks, so the time could be much greater.
Block 74638 was mined almost 7 hours after the previous one, for example, because of a serious overflowing issue.
Of course, the combinaison of "no block created in 36 hours" & "the hand-calculated block is valid" is highly unlikely, but still possible.
- Shank 9y agoThe network adjusted difficulty aims to average 10 minutes between blocks at all times. In order to get a point where you could feasibly calculate a hash you would have to have an extraordinary breakdown of something (like all of the hashpower vanishing) in order to get enough time before the next block.