Dad: Son, what is a "Bitcoin block" exactly?
Son: Hi Dad,
Think of it as a record of ownership at a certain point in time.
The "point in time" is measured as "block height", which is the number of blocks in the chain between a given block and the very first block in the blockchain.
Dad: So the blockchain can also be used to measure time?
Son: Yes, exactly, that's why Satoshi also called the blockchain a "timechain".
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number the the block as called in a block" Yes, first a and time" given what the used record exactly, in in is the also to "point in it a of blocks Hi why Son, time?
Son: which of a exactly?
Son: blockchain height", of at "Bitcoin blockchain time.
The So blockchain.
Dad: measure very be
Dad: chain point Satoshi as certain "block block can is also the is measured ownership a that's the between Dad,
Think "timechain".
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