Stale Block
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Peer-to-peer proof of work mining may sometimes result in more than 1 blocks being mined in the same height, often due to broadcast delays. When this occur, the network will infer the longest resulting chain as the truth, whereby the blocks within the shorter chain will be regarded as Stale Blocks.
Related Terms
Dump
A common term used to describe downward market movement, or to describe the action of selling an individuals holdings.
Virtual AMM (vAMM)
The vAMM functions similarly like an AMM but does not contain an actual asset pool.
Proof-of-Burn (PoB)
A consensus algorthm that assigns block validation queue based on the coins/token burned by the validator.
Proof of Work (PoW)
A consensus algorithm in which a block is validated via mathematical hashing
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