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Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by zik on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:33PM (#16019038)
> if you just mine seven sequential blocks without publishing the first six until you've mined all seven

Then you end up with an orphaned chain which will have effect at all.

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Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by amluto on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:10PM (#16019255)
Nope, if you mine seven blocks in the time that it takes the rest of the network to mine six and you publish your longer chain, then the blockchain reorganizes and you win.
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