# Algorand co-chains

**URL:** https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-co-chains/1469
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**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-co-chains/1469 "2020-03-17T11:03:35Z")
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### Author: ![studyres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@studyres](https://forum.algorand.co/u/studyres)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-co-chains/1469/3 "2020-03-27T15:35:52Z")

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In page 6 it is said: …but block generation in an Algorand co-chain can be  
much faster…

It seems that a co-chain generates its own blocks, so I think that the co-chain is on an additional network with its own servers, it is not a virtual network in the main algorand chain.

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