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2024-01-08 11:45:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 07887165600EC0DB9224F423956A2CBD619696CB439ACE43C431332A196A2866
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Original Note:
Two blocks being over 2hrs apart is *very* rare, but not an indication that '[the] Blockchain was down'. The chances of two blocks being 122 minutes apart (as the two blocks in question) is ~0.0005%, meaning that it should happen naturally about once every 4 years. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.07447.pdf https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-block-time-variance/ https://bitedge.com/blog/the-next-block-is-10-minutes-away-proving-bitcoins-poisson-block-intervals/
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