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An orphan block is a block that doesn't have a known parent in the longest [[block chain]].

Not to be confused with a [[Vocabulary#Stale_Block|Stale Block]], which is a well-formed block which is no longer part of the difficultywise-longest and well-formed blockchain.

The [[Block Reward]] in a stale block is no longer spendable on the difficultywise-longest and well-formed blockchain; therefore whoever mined that block does not actually get the reward (or the [[transaction fees]]). This phenomenon must be taken into account by mining pools that use any payout strategy other than "proportional".
==External links==
[https://bitcoinchain.com/block_explorer/orphaned Orphaned Blocks – BitcoinChain.com]
==Source==

[http://bitcoin.it/ http://bitcoin.it/]
[[Category:Blockchain]]
==See Also on BitcoinWiki==
* [[Cube]]
* [[Billpoint]]
* [[Loki]]

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