Block (Crypto)

wikipedia:Block

• Block proposal
• Block construction

• On Cardano a new block is expected approximately around every 20 seconds

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INFO [08-19|19:43:23.557] Imported new block headers               count=768  elapsed=108.252ms   number=778,176 
hash=612ab6..f0897f age=3y2mo2w
INFO [08-19|19:43:23.684] Imported new block headers               count=384  elapsed=126.690ms   number=778,560 
hash=dfc105..841dc9 age=3y2mo2w
.../...

INFO [08-20|02:13:18.249] Imported new block receipts              count=160  elapsed=350.683ms number=6,679,818 
hash=6f1b08..738686 age=4mo1w6d  size=6.35MiB

INFO Block synchronisation started

[ db-sync-node:Info:67] [2023-05-01 11:28:43.97 UTC] Cardano.Db tip is at slot 36332261, block 6059200

Related

• Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)
• Epoch
• Slot
• Web3signer
• Cardano metrics
• Printblock
• cast block
• Block time
• geth db metadata | grep HeadBlock.Number

See also

• Block (Crypto), Block proposal, Block construction, Slots/sec, tps, Block time
• Blockchain, Blockchain explorer, Layer 1 Blockchains, Layer 2 Blockchains, Blockchain oracle, Smart contract, Chainlink, DeFi, EOS.IO, Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB), Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC), MEV, Block, Block receipts, Block headers, Slot, Block construction, Ledger, Zeeve.io, Plasma chain

https://developers.cardano.org/docs/stake-pool-course/introduction-to-cardano/#slots-and-epochs