user4302: Would someone please be so kind as to explain how a block with a 43 second prop time wins a height battle???

Block #: 6777986
Pool ID: 2cf87fadec7130c7e41910492073ae4dbe65ca462c1fdc3d2a56d015

Perhaps I could use a refresher on shallow forks/rollbacks, but this just doesn't add up in my head... as far as I understand, the only way this is possible is if the higher-slot leader does not "receive" the previous block, and posts their own block in place of the most recent one. For such a large prop time, this seems like a massive arbitrage opportunity for the higher slot leader.
What can be done about, or is there a way to minimize, this?


user5167: Here's a very good article about slot battles, but in short, prop time is not a factor in winning or losing...
https://www.beaver-stake-pool.net/post/slot-battles-height-battles-and-orphaned-blocks

4302: <p>Would someone please be so kind as to explain how a block with a <strong>43 second prop time</strong> wins a height battle???</p>
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<li>Block #: 6777986</li>
<li>Pool ID: 2cf87fadec7130c7e41910492073ae4dbe65ca462c1fdc3d2a56d015</li>
</ul>
<p>Perhaps I could use a refresher on shallow forks/rollbacks, but this just doesn't add up in my head... as far as I understand, the only way this is possible is if the higher-slot leader does not &quot;receive&quot; the previous block, and posts their own block in place of the most recent one. For such a large prop time, this seems like a massive arbitrage opportunity for the higher slot leader.</p>
<p>What can be done about, or is there a way to minimize, this?</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0IBmY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0IBmY.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
 5167: <p>Here's a very good article about slot battles, but in short, prop time is not a factor in winning or losing...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.beaver-stake-pool.net/post/slot-battles-height-battles-and-orphaned-blocks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.beaver-stake-pool.net/post/slot-battles-height-battles-and-orphaned-blocks</a></p>
