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I understand having APIs around addresses and transactions, but I'm less clear why I need to know what's happening with a Block(s). This is to confirm one's transactions? Might someone provide some context?
Why do Bitcoin API services offer Block details?
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E.g. for debugging purposes, for miners, for parties who work directly with Bitcoin protocol.
"I see only block X on my local bitcoind, but the latest on blockchain.info is Y".
Application developers are less interested about blocks.
And miners need to know so they can pick what to work on? – tim peterson – 2014-09-24T20:00:11.847
You get the same information from raw bitcoin network. It is just in more readable format. – Mikko Ohtamaa – 2014-09-25T05:57:10.903
Mikko, what kind of information specifically do miners need in a more readable format? – tim peterson – 2014-09-25T18:41:59.210
I think the last block would be most useful information to check if their bitcoind is still following the network correctly. – Mikko Ohtamaa – 2014-09-25T19:50:31.207