Block

A batch of confirmed transactions added to the chain as a single unit.

Blockchain Technology Also called blocks

A block is the container that transactions are written into. It holds a list of transactions, a timestamp, a reference to the previous block and the proof that the network’s rules were followed.

Bitcoin produces a block roughly every ten minutes; Ethereum settles one every twelve seconds. Once your transaction is inside a block and further blocks are built on top of it, it is treated as confirmed.

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