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How can pool operators reduce the number of orphaned blocks that they mine?
Every time a pool mines a orphaned block, that is wasted effort for the pool.
In an interest to increase pool efficiency and overall network efficiency, what can a pool do to increase efficiency ...
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What are orphaned and stale blocks?
If I understand it right, a stale block is a block for which an earlier confirmation has been found and was accepted by majority of people. This block is considered invalid and is later never used.
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How will a massive increase in hashpower affect orphan rates?
Difficulty always lags behind a little. It is also limited in how large adjustments it makes each time. What if the (global) hashrate doubles overnight? What if it quadruples?
How much can we expect ...
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Getting orphaned Blocks from the Blockchain
I'm very interested in doing some analysis of orphaned blocks, but to do so I'd have to have a good way of accessing them. Blockchain.info seems like a good place to start but I don't want to abuse ...
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What's the longest chain of orphan blocks? (How many confirmations have been necessary?)
I believe my two title questions are the same (are they?):
Heretofore, what is the longest chain of orphan blocks (of N blocks), such that if someone didn't wait for N+1 confirmations, they may have ...
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What is the longest blockchain fork that has been orphaned to date?
The orphaned blocks view from BlockChain.info shows a recent fork of the blockchain (starting with block 173,928) that went four blocks long before being orphaned.
Other than the controlled rewind ...
