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How Does the Block Time of a PoW Chain Affect Its Transaction Speed?

A longer block time means transactions wait longer for inclusion and confirmation, directly limiting the network's overall transaction speed and throughput.
Greeks.live04.12.25

How Does the Block Time of a PoW Chain Affect Its Transaction Speed?

The block time is the average time it takes for the network to generate a new block. A longer block time, such as Bitcoin's 10 minutes, means that transactions must wait longer to be included in a block and receive their initial confirmation, directly limiting the overall transaction speed and throughput of the network.

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What Is the Role of Transaction Fees in Influencing Confirmation Time?
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Glossar

Block Time

Epoch ⎊ Within cryptocurrency and decentralized finance, epoch refers to a discrete time interval during which specific operations or consensus mechanisms are executed.

Transaction Speed

Finality ⎊ The transaction speed, within cryptocurrency, options, and derivatives, is fundamentally defined by the time required to achieve irreversible settlement.

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