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Title: strange stuff right now Post by: hamdi on May 22, 2012, 06:45:45 PM Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: Gabi on May 22, 2012, 06:49:42 PM mmhh what is the problem?
Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: Stephen Gornick on May 22, 2012, 06:51:02 PM The timestamp can be up to two hours different. Block thus won't always be in chronological order for the timestamp.
Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: ZodiacDragon84 on May 22, 2012, 06:51:36 PM what are we missing, Oh wise one?
Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: Gladamas on May 23, 2012, 02:02:44 AM The timestamp can be up to two hours different. Block thus won't always be in chronological order for the timestamp. Why? (How can this be?) Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: drakahn on May 23, 2012, 02:27:24 AM this thread pops up a lot doesn't it, always looking slightly different but always the same.
Title: Re: strange stuff right now Post by: Stephen Gornick on May 23, 2012, 08:05:42 PM The timestamp can be up to two hours different. Block thus won't always be in chronological order for the timestamp. Why? (How can this be?) From the Bitcoin wiki: Quote Each block contains a Unix time timestamp. In addition to serving as a source of variation for the block hash, there are also validity checks, that make it more difficult for an adversary to manipulate the block chain. A timestamp is accepted as valid if it is greater than the median timestamp of previous 11 blocks, and less than the network-adjusted time + 2 hours. "Network-adjusted time" is the median of the timestamps returned by all nodes connected to you. - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_timestamp |
