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Block

A batch of transactions added to a blockchain at one time.

Each block holds a set of transactions, a timestamp and a fingerprint of the previous block, which chains them together. How often blocks arrive depends on the network: about every 10 minutes on Bitcoin, every 12 seconds on Ethereum.