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Can you explain the multiple meanings you see in the question?

• deleted 9y ago
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• Spivak 9y ago
  * What is the average time it takes to mine a block? * If I choose a time uniformly what is the expected time it will take to mine that particular block. The difference between them being that blocks that take a long time occupy more space on the timeline than shorter blocks and are therefore more likely to be chosen.
  • gizmo686 9y ago
    >What is the average time it takes to mine a block? How do you get this question from CyrusL's original question? CyrusL explicitly specifies that it is 10 minutes per block [0], and that he is uniformly picking a point in time. [0] Admittedly, he does not specify that it is a Poisson distribution.
  • rajacombinator 9y ago
    What an appropriate username for that comment...! (Yes, the question is poorly worded.)
  • tgb 9y ago
    Doesn't "If I uniformly randomly pick a point in time..." uniquely specify the latter?