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Miners are not responsible for validating the Bitcoin blockchain. Users are responsible for validation, miners are responsible for ordering blocks. If a miner p
by polyomino 8y ago
Miners are not responsible for validating the Bitcoin blockchain. Users are responsible for validation, miners are responsible for ordering blocks. If a miner produces an invalid block, their block is not accepted by the network of users.
- DennisP 8y agoNevertheless miners have a strong incentive to validate, so they don't waste their effort on an invalid block.