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Blocks

Blocks are the "building blocks" (ha!) of the Provenance Blockchain. All transactions are committed to the chain and agreed upon within the context of a block. As a timestamp can be variable, depending on a machine's internal clock, a block height is a better measure of how far along a blockchain is.

Chain consensus is determined by validator's signing, and thus agreeing, on each block, and all transactions that are committed within it. This is how you keep a blockchain going, and maintain a constant agreed-upon ledger state.

Listview​

A list of recent blocks

Information to note:

  • Proposer: the validator that proposes the block, and all transactions contained therein. As the proposer, they get an initial cut of any transaction fees. See here
  • Validators: of the active validator set, how many validators signed consensus on the block
  • Voting Power: corresponding to the Validators ratio, the percentage of voting power that signed consensus on the block
  • Timestamp: the time the block was committed to the chain. This is the timestamp used for all transactions that occur within the block, and can be used to approximate a time until an expected block is cut

Detail​

The block detail page

Information to note:

  • Block Validators
    • Proposer Priority: TBD