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>
> Note how you're basically proposing for the block interval to be decreased,
>> which has security implications due to increased orphan rates.
>>
>
> Note that the total transaction rate and block size don't materially
> change, so I don't
> see why the orphan rate will change.  Normal blocks are constrained to have
> all of the txs of the aux blocks, so propagation time should stay the
> same.  Am I missing
> something?
>

Ah, yes, I'm missing that the expected time to find each type of block is
halved, so the orphan rate doubles.

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<div>Note that the total transaction rate and block size don&#39;t material=
ly change, so I don&#39;t</div><div>see why the orphan rate will change.=C2=
=A0 Normal blocks are constrained to have</div><div>all of the txs of the a=
ux blocks, so propagation time should stay the same.=C2=A0 Am I missing</di=
v><div>something?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ah, yes=
, I&#39;m missing that the expected time to find each type of block is halv=
ed, so the orphan rate doubles.</div><div><br></div></div></div>

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