slot

Phonetic: /slɒt/

Part of Speech: noun

Category: To be determined

In Proof of Stake consensus in Ethereum, a 'slot' is a period of time equivalent to 12 seconds; 32 slots make up an 'epoch'. Slots are significant in that for each slot, a different validator node is randomly chosen to propose blocks to the network, and a different committee of validators are chosen to vote on whether each block is valid

Definition source: Consensys Software Inc., A Blockchain Glossary for Beginners

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The period of time for which each leader ingests transactions and produces a block. Collectively, slots create a logical clock. Slots are ordered sequentially and non-overlapping, comprising roughly equal real-world time as per PoH.

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