Invalid block

A block is valid if it obeys all of the Protocol rules; otherwise it is invalid.

Clients will ignore invalid blocks when determining which chain is difficultywise-longest.
Mining clients will not build on top of invalid blocks.
Clients will not propagate invalid blocks (or invalid transactions).

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