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Just as we have the genesis block which is block 0, is there a special name for the block currently at the head of the chain? Obviously such a block would be observer dependent and never absolute but I am curious all the same.
Is there a special name for the block currently at the head of the chain?
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The Bitcoin source code refers to it as the 'tip,' e.g., UpdateTip, SetTip, ConnectTip. It's sometimes referred to as the latest block; that's not totally accurate, since the latest block is not always the tip.
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Nothing formal, but "latest block" pretty much describes it.
This is more what I was looking for. "Latest block" seems to imply more finality than what exists in reality. – Matthew Roberts – 2015-03-21T03:35:18.283