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# Aventus Block time Methodology

## 1. Overview

Block time measures the average time interval between consecutive blocks on the Aventus blockchain, expressed in milliseconds. This metric provides insight into the network's block production consistency and performance. The calculation determines the time difference between each block and its predecessor, then computes daily averages to smooth out short-term variations and provide stable trend analysis.

## 2. Data sources

The methodology relies on fundamental blockchain infrastructure data:

- **Aventus blockchain block data**: Raw block records from the Aventus network containing block timestamps and sequential block numbers
- **Block metadata**: Each block record includes the exact timestamp when the block was mined/validated and its sequential position in the blockchain

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Block data preparation
- **Purpose**: Extract and filter relevant block information for time interval calculations
- **Logic**: The system retrieves block timestamps and block numbers from raw Aventus blockchain data. It explicitly excludes the genesis block (block number 0) because genesis blocks are typically timestamped at the Unix epoch start, which would create artificially large time intervals that don't represent actual network performance
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (when the block was mined), `block_number` (sequential block position)

### Component B: Consecutive block pairing
- **Purpose**: Create pairs of consecutive blocks to enable time interval calculations
- **Logic**: Using a window function, each block is paired with the timestamp of the immediately preceding block in the sequence. This creates ordered pairs where each block has both its own timestamp and the timestamp of the previous block, enabling calculation of the time elapsed between consecutive blocks
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (current block time), `previous_timestamp` (preceding block time), `block_number` (for ordering)

### Component C: Block time interval calculation
- **Purpose**: Calculate the actual time elapsed between each pair of consecutive blocks
- **Logic**: For each block pair, the system calculates the time difference in milliseconds between the current block timestamp and the previous block timestamp. Blocks without a previous timestamp (the first block after genesis) are excluded from this calculation. The timestamps are truncated to daily granularity to prepare for daily aggregation
- **Key fields**: `block_time` (milliseconds between consecutive blocks), `timestamp` (daily timestamp for grouping)

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: All block time intervals within each calendar day are grouped together and averaged to produce a single daily average block time value
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable for this time-based metric
- **Time aggregation**: Block times are aggregated using daily boundaries, with each day containing the average of all individual block time intervals that occurred within that 24-hour period
- **Final calculation**: The final metric represents the arithmetic mean of all block time intervals (in milliseconds) that occurred within each calendar day, providing a daily average block time for the Aventus blockchain

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

avg(block_timestamp - previous_block_timestamp)

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