Block Propagation
Network & Protocol
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The process of broadcasting newly created blocks through the network. Faster propagation generally reduces the rate of competing blocks and improves network efficiency.
Appears in 7 whitepaper sections
$SOL
Solana
Introduction
...izations: leader-based block production with predetermined schedules, streaming block propagation, GPU-accelerated signature verification, and parallel transaction execution. Th...
Outline
...ign of Solana, including the leader rotation mechanism, the data plane used for block propagation, and the transaction forwarding protocol that eliminates the need for a traditi...
Performance
...is number rises to approximately 5 million transactions per second. The Turbine block propagation protocol ensures that the network's aggregate bandwidth is utilized efficiently...
$DOGE
Dogecoin
Technical Specifications
...rotocol derived from Bitcoin's peer-to-peer messaging system, with messages for block propagation, transaction relay, peer discovery, and network health monitoring. The protocol...
Network Architecture
...most nodes receiving a new transaction within seconds of its initial broadcast. Block propagation is similarly fast, though the larger data size means it takes slightly longer t...
$BCH
Bitcoin Cash
Transaction Throughput and Scalability
...These tests identified several bottlenecks in the original codebase — including block propagation, transaction validation, and UTXO set management — and informed subsequent opti...
Network Architecture
...ducing consistent block intervals even under significant hash rate volatility.
Block propagation efficiency is critical for a network with large blocks. Bitcoin Cash has adopte...