Network Infrastructure Limitations

Latency

Digital assets rely on decentralized transmission protocols that frequently encounter transmission delays during periods of extreme volatility. These temporal lags inhibit the rapid execution required for delta-hedging strategies in crypto options markets. Traders often experience significant slippage when the interval between trade initiation and order matching extends beyond the market equilibrium point.
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Orphan Rate

Meaning ⎊ The percentage of valid blocks that are rejected from the canonical chain due to network propagation or timing issues.