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SlotGlossaryOuroborosBlocks

Slot

The primary unit of time used by the Ouroboros algorithm. In current Cardano versions, a slot is exactly one second. Slots that are inhabited by blocks are called active slots. In early 2022, Cardano parameters set one in 20 slots as active, so the average block time is 20 seconds.

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