Timestamp

Defenition: A Timestamp represents the date and time on which a transaction took place.

A Timestamp represents the date and time on which a transaction took place. Timestamps allow anyone to trace the exact time, date and origin of a transaction due to its immutable data.

The Timestamps also play a crucial role in Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchains as they are an indicator of which miners are compensated for mining blocks. Without timestamps, new nodes would struggle to prove how long it took to mine a block.

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