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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Is the expected waiting time for a block always 10 min?
by
justusranvier
on 06/03/2015, 18:48:28 UTC
Sometimes the blocks can take more than one hour to solve (so we aren't just talking about those getting solved quicker).

The average is 10 minutes but there can be quite a bit of variance.
Variance should average out over time.

For every block that takes an hour, there should be one that takes a few seconds.

Encountering each case should be equally likely.