Technical principles|Transaction finality
Key point: Ethereum blocks usually reach the “finalized” state after two epochs (about 12.8 minutes).
How it works: Ethereum finality requires two-thirds of staked validators to participate in voting. If too many validators go offline, finality pauses, but blocks continue to be produced as usual.
Practical tip: When receiving a large payment, wait for enough confirmations or finality before shipping. Don’t rely only on “on-chain.”
$ETH 1937.05(-5.75%)
I can be wrong too, so use your own judgment.
Key point: Ethereum blocks usually reach the “finalized” state after two epochs (about 12.8 minutes).
How it works: Ethereum finality requires two-thirds of staked validators to participate in voting. If too many validators go offline, finality pauses, but blocks continue to be produced as usual.
Practical tip: When receiving a large payment, wait for enough confirmations or finality before shipping. Don’t rely only on “on-chain.”
$ETH 1937.05(-5.75%)
I can be wrong too, so use your own judgment.
