#Cryptoqueries WHAT IF TWO BLOCKS ARE MINED AT THE SAME TIME ? Sometimes, two miners broadcast a valid block at the same time and the network ends up with two competing blocks. The miners then start mining the next block based on the block they received first, causing the network to split into two different versions of the blockchain temporarily. The competition between these blocks continues until the next block is mined on top of one of the competing blocks. When a new block is mined, whichever block came before , It is considered the winner. The block that is then abandoned is called an orphan block or a stale block, which causes all the miners who picked that block to switch back to mining the chain of the winning block .
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