Invalid block

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A block is valid if it obeys all of the Protocol rules; otherwise it is invalid.

  • Clients will ignore transactions in invalid blocks.
  • Mining clients will not build new blocks on top of invalid blocks.
  • Clients will not propagate invalid blocks (or invalid transactions).