{"id":993,"date":"2019-12-05T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opennode.com\/blog\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2019-12-05T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:55:59","slug":"block-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/block-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block Time<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Blocks are mined every ten minutes, on average. Block time is measured in number of blocks instead of regular time. For example, three blocks should take an average of 30 minutes for the network to produce, but instead we can just say \u201cthree blocks\u201d as our block time measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Block Time<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/b\/block-time-cryptocurrency.asp\">Investopedia<\/a><\/li><li><em>The Mystery Behind Block Time<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.facilelogin.com\/the-mystery-behind-block-time-63351e35603a\">Medium<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Block Time Blocks are mined every ten minutes, on average. Block time is measured in number of blocks instead of regular time. 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