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docs: fix block.Header.Time description (#3529)

It's not proposer local time anymore, but a weighted median

Fixes #3514
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Anton Kaliaev 6 years ago
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### BUG FIXES:
- [p2p] \#2716 Check if we're already connected to peer right before dialing it (@melekes)
- [docs] \#3514 Fix block.Header.Time description (@melekes)

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- `Version (Version)`: Version of the blockchain and the application
- `ChainID (string)`: ID of the blockchain
- `Height (int64)`: Height of the block in the chain
- `Time (google.protobuf.Timestamp)`: Time of the block. It is the proposer's
local time when block was created.
- `Time (google.protobuf.Timestamp)`: Time of the previous block.
For heights > 1, it's the weighted median of the timestamps of the valid
votes in the block.LastCommit.
For height == 1, it's genesis time.
- `NumTxs (int32)`: Number of transactions in the block
- `TotalTxs (int64)`: Total number of transactions in the blockchain until
now


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### Time
```
block.Header.Timestamp >= prevBlock.Header.Timestamp + 1 ms
block.Header.Timestamp >= prevBlock.Header.Timestamp + state.consensusParams.Block.TimeIotaMs
block.Header.Timestamp == MedianTime(block.LastCommit, state.LastValidators)
```


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