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Every block has a reserve price known as the 'base fee'. It is the minimum gas fee a user must pay to include a transaction in the next block. More on gas and fees.
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Beacon chain
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The Beacon Chain was the blockchain that introduced proof-of-stake and validators to Ethereum. It ran alongside the proof-of-work Ethereum Mainnet from December 2020 until the two chains were merged in September 2022 to form the Ethereum of today. More on beacon chain.
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Big-endian
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A positional number representation where the most significant digit is first in memory. The opposite of little-endian, where the least significant digit is first.
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Block
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A block is where transactions or digital actions are stored. Once a block is full, it gets linked to the previous one, creating a chain of blocks or a "blockchain". More on blocks.
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A block is a bundled unit of information that includes an ordered list of transactions and consensus-related information. Blocks are proposed by proof-of-stake validators, at which point they are shared across the entire peer-to-peer network, where they can easily be independently verified by all other nodes. Consensus rules govern what contents of a block are considered valid, and any invalid blocks are disregarded by the network. The ordering of these blocks and the transactions therein create a deterministic chain of events with the end representing the current state of the network.
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Block explorer
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An interface that allows a user to search for information from, and about, a blockchain. This includes retrieving individual transactions, activity associated with specific addresses and information about the network.
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Block header
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The block header is a collection of metadata about a block and a summary of the transactions included in the execution payload.
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Block propagation
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The process of transmitting a confirmed block to all other nodes in the network.
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Block proposer
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The specific validator chosen to create a block in a particular slot.
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Block reward
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The amount of ether rewarded to the proposer of a new valid block.
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Block status
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The states that a block can exist in. The possible states include:
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proposed: the block was proposed by a validator
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scheduled: validators are currently submitting data
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missed/skipped: the proposer did not propose a block within the eligible time frame
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orphaned: the block was reorg'd out by the fork choice algorithm
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