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Sounds like we vehemently agree. Orphaned blocks are indeed rare in Bitcoin, because they have ten-minute block times. GHOST only helps when block times are so
by DennisP 7y ago
Sounds like we vehemently agree. Orphaned blocks are indeed rare in Bitcoin, because they have ten-minute block times. GHOST only helps when block times are so short that you get lots of orphaned blocks.
And that's how Ethereum gets away with 15-second blocks.
- codexon 7y agoBut you haven't proven that 1 ETH 15 second block is equal or even in the same ballpark in security to a 10 minute BTC block.