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I was wondering how come some blocks exist but some don't? It seems like they get skipped and I'm unsure as to why. For example:

87868936 exists and so does 87868938 but 87868938 does not. Thanks!

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  • Hi Ben. I understand you are doing good work. But your question is not a good fit for StackOverflow's Q&A format. I suggest you study how StackOverflow works. – Mikko Ohtamaa Mar 01 '22 at 09:01
  • I’m voting to close this question because it needs to be a question. – Mikko Ohtamaa Mar 01 '22 at 09:01
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    @MikkoOhtamaa I would suggest Ben move the text beginning from the second paragraph to the answer and keep this question, it's a good one. – khorolets May 13 '22 at 12:49
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    I've changed my answer to be more Q&A style. Thanks for the feedback, I'm just starting to get into SO. – Benjamin Kurrek May 13 '22 at 13:06

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The reason behind this is quite simple. Sometimes the validator who is responsible for the production of the block can't complete it for some reason (lag, node has crashed, etc...)

The network will wait for some reasonable amount time and then passes the queue to the next validator and it will produce its block with the planned height. There's nothing weird or bad in skipped blocks, it's by design.

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