What Happens When Two Miners Find a Block at the Same Second? Inside an Orphan Race

On March 24, 2026, Antpool mined block 941,881 at 15:49:35 UTC while Foundry USA mined its own, completely different version of block 941,881 just 12 seconds later, splitting Bitcoin’s blockchain into two competing versions of history until one pool mined six blocks in a row to force a resolution. Why Two Miners Can ‘Win’ at […]