# Ajuna Substrate Block time Methodology

## 1. Overview

Block time is measured as the average duration required for a new block to be successfully added to the Ajuna Substrate blockchain. It is utilized as a key performance indicator to reflect the speed at which the network processes transactions and updates its global state. This metric provides insight into the consistency and efficiency of the block production process on Ajuna Substrate.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: Block timestamps and sequence numbers from the Ajuna Substrate network
- **External data**: None

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Block data extraction

- **Purpose**: Retrieve the necessary temporal and sequential data from the network.
- **Logic**: Block timestamps and block numbers are extracted from the underlying blockchain data. The genesis block is specifically excluded from the calculation to ensure the average is not distorted by the initial network launch timestamp.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (timing), `block_number` (sequence)

### Component B: Block interval determination

- **Purpose**: Calculate the elapsed time between consecutive blocks.
- **Logic**: The duration between each block and its preceding block is determined by calculating the difference between their respective timestamps. These intervals are measured in milliseconds to accurately capture the network's block production frequency.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp`, `previous_timestamp`

### Component C: Daily aggregation and validation

- **Purpose**: Compute a daily average block time for reporting.
- **Logic**: Individual block intervals are aggregated on a daily basis using UTC boundaries. The average of these intervals is calculated for each day to produce the final metric value. The resulting data is validated against standard chain identifiers, and any identified gaps in the daily time series are zero-filled to ensure data continuity.
- **Key fields**: `block_time` (interval duration)

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

avg(block_timestamp - previous_block_timestamp)

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Blockchains (L1)

Ajuna is a gaming blockchain built on Polkadot, focused on enabling performance and scalability, for web3 gaming supporting the Unity and Unreal Engine game engines.

Ajuna Substrate

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