A stale blockA block is a specific type of construct in a blockchain that stores transactional information blocks typically contain transaction information... Read More occurs when a minerMiner can refer to either a computer that performs the cryptographic hashing function required to add transaction data to the... Read More produces a block faster than the blockchain networkA blockchain network is a decentralized system that allows for peer-to-peer transactions. The main components of a blockchain network are... Read More can propagate the mined block. Some nodes in the network may end up miningMining verifies and records cryptocurrency transactions on a digital ledger (blockchain). The approval or verification process for adding new transactions... Read More based on an old version of the chainA chain is a linear sequence of data blocks. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block and... Read More. In that event, those blocks are considered “stale” or “orphaned”.
