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Unique Network is a blockchain specialized for NFTs powered by Polkadot Relay chain.

UNQ holders own and govern the protocol. Unique Network’s investors include Outlier Ventures, Animoca Brands, etc.

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# Unique Network Block time Methodology

## 1. Overview

Block time measures the average time interval between consecutive blocks on the Unique Network blockchain. This metric provides insight into the blockchain's performance and consistency, calculated as the daily average time difference between consecutive block timestamps. The calculation excludes the genesis block and aggregates individual block intervals into daily averages measured in milliseconds.

## 2. Data sources

- **Unique Network block data**: Raw blockchain block records containing block numbers and timestamps from the Unique Network chain
- **Block timestamps**: Native blockchain timestamps indicating when each block was mined or produced
- **Block sequencing**: Sequential block numbers used to order blocks chronologically

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Block data extraction
- **Purpose**: Retrieves and prepares raw block timing data from Unique Network
- **Logic**: Extracts `block_timestamp` and `block_number` fields from Unique Network block data. Filters out the genesis block (block number 0) since it has an artificial timestamp at the start of Unix time that would skew calculations. Applies incremental loading logic to process only recent blocks when updating the dataset.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (when the block was created), `block_number` (sequential block identifier)

### Component B: Block interval calculation  
- **Purpose**: Calculates the time difference between consecutive blocks
- **Logic**: Uses a window function to pair each block with the timestamp of the previous block, ordered by block number. Computes the time difference in milliseconds between each block and its predecessor. Filters out the first block since it has no predecessor for comparison.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (current block time), `previous_timestamp` (previous block time), `block_time` (millisecond difference)

### Component C: Daily aggregation
- **Purpose**: Groups block intervals by day and calculates daily averages
- **Logic**: Truncates block timestamps to day-level granularity to group blocks by calendar day. Adds metadata classifications including chain identifier (`uniquenetwork`), market sector (`blockchains_l2`), and business segment (`blockchain`). Calculates the average block time across all block intervals within each day.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (daily boundary), `block_time` (average milliseconds per block for the day)

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: All block intervals within each calendar day are averaged together using the mean function to produce a single daily block time value
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable for timing metrics
- **Time aggregation**: Block intervals are grouped by calendar day boundaries, with each day producing one average block time measurement
- **Final calculation**: The daily average block time is calculated as the mean of all individual block-to-block time differences (in milliseconds) that occurred within each calendar day, providing a measure of blockchain timing consistency and performance

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

avg(block_timestamp - previous_block_timestamp)

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