Stale Block
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Peer-to-peer proof of work mining may sometimes result in more than 1 blocks being mined in the same height, often due to broadcast delays. When this occur, the network will infer the longest resulting chain as the truth, whereby the blocks within the shorter chain will be regarded as Stale Blocks.
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Mining Reward
The reward resulting from contributing computing resources to process transactions
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A Qtum PoS miner using their own coins for staking. Qtum blockchain launched with Solo Stakers and will continue to have this available after offline staking launches.
Shilling
One who poses as a enthsiastic customer to swindle others as a form of covert advestising.
Variable Buy/Sell Tax
On-chain buy sell tax rate that is not fixed, whereby it is possible for contract owners to change at will.
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