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Which cryptocurrency has the smallest block time?

What is the lowest block time of any cryptocurrency? I don't mean the time of an individual block, but the target time per block. What is the shortest reasonable block interval?
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Is Bitcoin network an Asynchronous network or a synchronous network?

Conventional BFT protocols work on weak timing assumptions, and if a faulty primary does not respond or forward a client's request a view change message is initiated by the backup nodes. Therefore, if ...
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Question about retarget system bitcoin, add hardcodet block to exist blockchain

the standard values if (nActualTimespan < params.nPowTargetTimespan/4) nActualTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan/4; if (nActualTimespan > params.nPowTargetTimespan*4) ...
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How to fork an Altcoin Which has 0 Reward Block to continue mining after the LAST POW BLOCK

Im trying to learn how is it possible to Hard Fork an Altcoin Blockchain to Continue the Mining Phase after the LAST POW BLOCK. The Block Reward is already 0 and the LAST POW stops at Block 8000. And ...
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How can I limit the mining to specifics miners authentified by private key or something like that?

I know how to code in C++, but I don't know really how all mining system works. I have my altcoin, and I would like to block reward blocks to miners which are not authentified (something by private ...
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what file/method is block reward processed?

I have managed to build an altcoin (from litecoin source) but my coin requires that I make changes to the way rewards are made. I have been looking at the source code to try to find where block reward ...
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what this parameters do end what i need put on them in blockchain ver2

/** What block version to use for new blocks (pre versionbits) */ static const int32_t VERSIONBITS_LAST_OLD_BLOCK_VERSION = 4; /** What bits to set in version for versionbits blocks */ static const ...
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