It ticks in average every 10min, tick tock next block.

As nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s so beautifully put it in his novel “24”:

“The timechain has a heartbeat? ”

“Yes, that was the beautiful sound you heard a short while back. The sound of agreement,”