What are epochs and slots in Cardano?

Cardano Blockchain

Epochs lasts for 5 days in the Ouroboros-protocol, which Cardano uses to secure the network. Slots happen every 1 second but on average, a block updating transactions on the Cardano blockchain happens every 20 seconds.

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