Block #273374 OLDER than block #273373 ? How is it possible???

[antaresteleko]

Hi,

I just noticed that as per blockchain.info that block #273374 seems to be OLDER than block #273373. ¿How could this be possible? Could it just be a delay in blockchain.info's reception time?

Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

[RaTTuS]

down to the clock on the block owners machine ...

[hashman]

It's happened before.  The timestamp is not so important on a scale of block to block, in this case there is clearly a small error in the timestamp because the miner of block 273374 clearly had in hand block 273373 as she included hash of it in her block.  Timestamps become important when it is time to set difficulty, which is why we wait two weeks to adjust the difficulty.. these kind of small errors go out in the wash. 

 

[antaresteleko]

Thank you hashman and RaTTuS for your clarification!