<p>Because it is like a lottery. You're not bound to win all the time, even if you "bought" the majority of tickets.</p>

<p>Everyone basically has a % chance of finding a new block ( which correlates with the amount of hashpower you have  ofcourse.)</p>

<p>Unless ofcourse you do a 51% attack, <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/51-attack.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/51-attack.asp</a>, where certain blocks would be orphaned (not confirmed, since nodes are bound to follow the longest chain.</p>

<p>You could basically prevent other miners from mining any blocks, since you hypothetically will always find a block before they do ( and thus creating the longest chain.)</p>

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<p>with respect to : <a href="https://blockchain.info/pools" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchain.info/pools</a></p>

<p>BTC.com pool seems to have the highest hashpower of 5648.00  PH/s[as per <a href="https://btc.com/]" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://btc.com/]</a> .Then how is it that other pools are also able find the correct blocks before btc.com ?</p>

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If BTC.com has the highest hash rate, then why is it not the only pool prodcuing the blocks?
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# If BTC.com has the highest hash rate, then why is it not the only pool prodcuing the blocks?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-07)

with respect to : <https://blockchain.info/pools>

BTC.com pool seems to have the highest hashpower of 5648.00 PH/s[as per <https://btc.com/]> .Then how is it that other pools are also able find the correct blocks before btc.com ?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-07. Score: 1

Because it is like a lottery. You're not bound to win all the time, even if you "bought" the majority of tickets.

Everyone basically has a % chance of finding a new block ( which correlates with the amount of hashpower you have ofcourse.)

Unless ofcourse you do a 51% attack, <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/51-attack.asp>, where certain blocks would be orphaned (not confirmed, since nodes are bound to follow the longest chain.

You could basically prevent other miners from mining any blocks, since you hypothetically will always find a block before they do ( and thus creating the longest chain.)


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