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docs/tendermint-core/consensus/proposer-based-timestamps.md

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The PBTS algorithm defines a way for a Tendermint blockchain to create block
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timestamps that are within a reasonable bound of the clocks of the validators on
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the network. This replaces the original BFTTime algorithm for timestamp
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assignment that relied on the timestamps included in precommit messages.
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assignment that computed a timestamp using the timestamps included in precommit
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## Algorithm Parameters
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The functionality of the PBTS algorithm is governed by two parameters within
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Tendermint. These two parameters are [consensus
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parameters](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/spec/abci/apps.md#L291),
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meaning they are configured by the ABCI application and are expected to be the
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meaning they are configured by the ABCI application and are therefore the same
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### `Precision`
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The following protocols and application features require a reliable source of time:
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* Tendermint Light Clients [rely on correspondence between their known time](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/spec/light-client/verification/README.md#definitions-1) and the block time for block verification.
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* Tendermint Evidence validity is determined [either in terms of heights or in terms of time](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/spec/consensus/evidence.md#verification).
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* Tendermint Evidence expiration is determined [either in terms of heights or in terms of time](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/spec/consensus/evidence.md#verification).
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* Unbonding of staked assets in the Cosmos Hub [occurs after a period of 21
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days](https://github.com/cosmos/governance/blob/master/params-change/Staking.md#unbondingtime).
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* IBC packets can use either a [timestamp or a height to timeout packet

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