<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> hi. are there any reasonable suggestions to reduce the variance in block time that you are aware of?

<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> i was thinking that nodes could ignore/discard blocks that were mined less than x seconds after the most recent block was mined. let's say 60 seconds. but i think that would lead to large increase of orphans @ 60 seconds after each block, so probably not a reasonable solution.

<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> i wonder if this has ever been discussed or if no one really cares about the blocktime variance

Shitty idea, but I think this might work, technically: switch block time to 10 seconds, and only record every 12th block to the chain. Every block requires a "parent" to the previous 10s block and one to the last one wihch is a nultple of 12. The fact that the "quick" chain was followed is not verifiable by future syncers, but I'm not sure this really matters.

Of course, many more orphans will be had. As I said, shitty idea :)

I think Dero did something like this. But it creates wrong incentives for miners - the discarded blocks give less (or no) reward