Understanding DAG Tips and Parents: VeloxDAG Architecture Explained

In a blockchain, the "tip" is the latest block. In a BlockDAG, there can be multiple tips — multiple heads where new blocks can attach.

When you mine a VeloxDAG block, you reference up to two parent blocks from the current tip set. Your block becomes a new tip; parents may cease to be tips if fully referenced by the growing DAG.

The node tracks tips automatically. Miners fetch templates via RPC — parents are pre-selected for validity. You focus on PoW; the protocol handles graph topology.

This structure is why DAG chains achieve higher block rates without sacrificing security — work accumulates across parallel paths instead of orphaning everything but one winner.