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Defined a Blockchain, Work, and Block Height.
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- [Target Audience](/target-audience)
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- [Target Audience](/target-audience)
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- [Project History](/project-history)
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- [Project History](/project-history)
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- Protocol
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- Protocol
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- Blockchain
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- [Blockchain](/protocol/blockchain)
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- [Hash](/protocol/blockchain/hash)
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- [Hash](/protocol/blockchain/hash)
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- [Transaction](/protocol/blockchain/transaction)
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- [Transaction](/protocol/blockchain/transaction)
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- [Unlocking Script](/protocol/blockchain/transaction/unlocking-script)
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- [Unlocking Script](/protocol/blockchain/transaction/unlocking-script)
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# Blockchain
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## What is a Blockchain
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The Bitcoin Cash Blockchain is a linear collection of [Blocks](/protocol/blockchain/block).
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The "state" of the blockchain is calculated by sequentially executing each set of changes (in the form of [Transactions](/protocol/blockchain/transaction)) included in each Block.
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When a Block is created it includes the [Hash](/protocol/blockchain/hash) of the previous block; this cryptographically ensures the Block's parent block cannot be changed without completely rebuilding the new block.
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This chaining structure is similar to [Git](//git-scm.com) commits—where a block is analogous to a commit (a set of file changes), and each commit's parent is tied directly to its parent, forming a chain.
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Unlike Git, in order to create a commit (i.e. a Block) a certain amount of work must be performed.
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This [Proof of Work](/protocol/blockchain/proof-of-work) prevents blocks from being created instantly, and is the mechanic that prevents old history from being rewritten, since modifying a block would change its hash and disconnect it from its previous children.
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Therefore, changing a block requires that each of the child blocks be recreated as well.
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With this property, changing old blocks becomes nearly impossible as long as the Work to create a block is sufficiently time-intensive.
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## Block Height
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Blocks are applied sequentially, and therefore for a given chain, a block can be identified by its distance from the Genesis Block.
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This distance is commonly referred to as `Block Height`.
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There may be multiple blocks at the same `Block Height` if two blocks are built that share a previous Block's Hash.
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Multiple Blocks with the same `Block Height` are often referred to as "sibling" Blocks.
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Sibling Blocks can happen if a Block is created with sufficient Work before the mining Node has been made aware of the new (Sibling) Block.
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Sibling Blocks are incompatible with one another, and eventually one will become orphaned.
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The [Genesis Block](/protocol/blockchain#genesis-block) is the first Block in a chain, and has a `Block Height` of `0` (as its distance to the Genesis Block is zero).
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As of [BIP-0034](/blockchain/forks/bip-34), the `Block Height` is included within the [Coinbase Transaction](/protocol/blockchain/block#coinbase-transaction).
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## Work
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The longest valid chain with the most [Proof of Work](/protocol/blockchain/proof-of-work) is generally considered to be the main chain.
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Work can be quickly verified by evaluating the Block's [Difficulty](/protocol/blockchain/proof-of-work/difficulty).
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The [Chain Work](/protocol/blockchain/proof-of-work#chain-work) is the summation of all work done up to a point on the Blockchain.
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## Blockchain Reorganization
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## Genesis Block
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The block reward started at 5,000,000,000 satoshis (50 BCH) and decreases by half every 210,000 blocks.
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The block reward started at 5,000,000,000 satoshis (50 BCH) and decreases by half every 210,000 blocks.
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Transaction fees are often required by the network for transactions to be relayed across the network.
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Transaction fees are often required by the network for transactions to be relayed across the network.
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Satoshis provided as inputs to a transaction, but not consumed by its outputs, are collected by the coinbase transaction as implicit inputs.
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Satoshis provided as inputs to a transaction, but not consumed by its outputs, are collected by the coinbase transaction as implicit inputs.
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## Genesis Block
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