Is Bitcoin lazy?

No. There’s a reason Bitcoin uses 10-minute blocks.

A block takes ~10 seconds to reach most of the world.

At 10-minute intervals, the chance of two miners finding a block at the same time is just ~1.7%.

If you cut that to 1-minute blocks, it jumps to ~15%.

That means:

⇒ Miners waste electricity on blocks that don’t count

⇒ More blocks get discarded as orphans

⇒ Consensus breaks more often—nodes disagree on which chain is real

It stops rewarding hash power and starts rewarding better internet.

It pushes miners into data centers.

Decentralization takes a hit.

Shorter intervals also mean 10x more data.

Nodes need more bandwidth, faster storage, and more money.

NO MORE HOBBYISTS 🥲.

Security doesn’t improve, you still need 60 small blocks to match the trust of six full ones.

Finality barely changes.

Risk goes up.

Nodes vanish.

Miners centralize.

Bitcoin runs on a global network.

10 minutes gives the world time to stay in sync.

Not perfect, optimal.

#Bitcoin Keep Believing!!.