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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Will a shorter block time be helpful or harmful to Bitcoin and its future?
by
Garrett Burgwardt
on 14/06/2013, 17:28:48 UTC

Even when more confirmations are required, a shorter block time will make the process faster. Waiting six minutes instead of one hour for six confirmations is an advantage.


That's not how confirmation security works, and it's been pointed out before in this thread.