Quote from: PostMixer on February 18, 2014, 05:30:36 AM

Quote from: organofcorti on February 18, 2014, 05:26:33 AM

Quote from: PostMixer on February 18, 2014, 05:20:52 AM

Anyone have a good explanation as to what is actually happening when the block is " processing "?

Processed blocks have several technical advantages over natural blocks, including: far longer shelf-life; resistance to separating when cooked; and, a uniform look and physical behavior.

Its mass-produced nature provides arguably its greatest advantage over natural blocks: a dramatically lower cost -- to producers and consumers, alike -- than conventional blockmaking. This is often due to ingredients that are more widely-varied and of simpler quality. This, in turn, enables industrial-scale production volumes, lower distribution costs, a steadier supply, and much faster production time (compared to natural blocks).

Looks like someone is bored

Bah. The truth is that block processing is the transformation of raw shares into blocks, or of blocks into other forms. Block processing typically takes clean, harvested, or butchered shares and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life bitcoin products.