I thought #Bitcoin time (counted in blocks) was separate from world time (counted in minutes, etc). Is the world time recorded in the blocks? If not, surely all blocks are one “tick-tock next block” apart.
Now, maybe somebody is keeping a record of when blocks are mined but how can we verify, rather than simply trust that data?
You're fucking with me right?
Not intentionally. You asked a valid question and it would be interesting to know the extremes of block intervals. However…
I always thought that blocks excluded reference to real world time. So unless somebody is recording the real world times when blocks are made, the only “time” we have for the historical blockchain is the block number.
Off topic: I have a strange theory about fish in ponds. Fish have no sense of time other than their heartbeats and because they are cold blooded their hearts slow down in winter. Does that mean that for fish winter flies by and summer goes on for ages? There’s a disconnect between fish time and real world time.
Back to topic: I think something similar happens with real world time and blockchain time.
