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Blockchain 101: Transaction lifecycle & the mempool

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Is There a Nons in the Block Header?

Nons is a general term, it just means Nonsons number. In the transaction, it's actually a transaction numbering scheme. Whereas in the block header, the Nons is what produces the proof of work result that you are looking for. So when a new transaction with the same Nons gets posted, like does the node just remove the old one from the transaction queue and forget about it or is there some procedure happening there?

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