Here’s why Bitcoin’s blockchain has blocks that go over the 2MB limit

The Next Web
By David CanellisJul 12, 2018, 10:13 am88 pts
When you really try to nail down what makes a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin really Bitcoin, the more technical you get, the closer you get to discussing block size. A block is really a set of data, and for Bitcoin they’re mostly related to transactions. Bitcoin miners are really in the business of adding blocks…

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