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Learning & News => Further Education => For Beginners => Terminology => Topic started by: Mounty on July 01, 2018, 04:48:30 PM
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Block height is the number of blocks between this specific block and the genesis block (first block) on the chain. A genesis block will always have a height of zero because nothing precedes it.
It’s a metric used to create a bearing on time in the programming world as well as a few other functions such as maintaining counter-party and betting in the crypto world. Considering that a new Bitcoin block is made every 10 minutes, you can work out certain time related pieces of information if you have the total length of the chain.