Block Height
| The block height is a measure used to determine the number of blocks before a specific block on the blockchain. Each block is assigned a height value. The height of a block is calculated by the number of blocks that come before it. For example, the height of block #3 would be 2, because there are two blocks before it. The height of block #2 would be 1, because there is only one block before it. And the height of the genesis block would be 0, because there are no blocks before it. The block height is a important metric because it is used to calculate the difficulty of mining a new block. The difficulty is calculated by the height of the block that was mined before the current block. The higher the height of the block, the more difficult it is to mine a new block. The block height is also used to calculate the amount of time it takes to mine a new block. The time is calculated by the height of the block that was mined before the current block. The higher the height of the block, the more time it takes to mine a new block. |
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