January 2019
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
11h 17m
English
Although selecting a block may seem an obvious task, there will be situations when two or more nodes create a block at the same time that has different identities due to the different content included in its block. When a node receives different versions of a block of the same height, it will add one of them to the blockchain based on the order of arrival and either rejects the other or keeps it in a memory pool. Due to this, nodes in the network might end up with different versions of the blockchain. This is called a temporary fork or a soft fork.
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