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About the invalid block, which put transactions in the wrong order: https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-84-marathon-pool-s-invalid-block-and-some-updates-about-the-show-azfmk

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Sjors Provoost 1y ago

I don't get why nostr:npub18d4r6wanxkyrdfjdrjqzj2ukua5cas669ew2g5w7lf4a8te7awzqey6lt3 assigns 100% health to the block

https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000341cc26cda4af82cd25f7063c448772228cbf2836915b

It's completely filled with op_return stuff.

But it seems that they measure 'health' only by intentional exclusion.

The audit view is clear though:

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mempool 1y ago

yes -- at the moment, block health is intended to be a measure of intentional *exclusion*

https://mempool.space/docs/faq#what-is-block-health

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Sjors Provoost 1y ago

Well, *everything* was excluded :-)