# There seems to be a confusion about block time with Tenderbake
**URL:** https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/there-seems-to-be-a-confusion-about-block-time-with-tenderbake/3896
**Category:** Research and Development
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/there-seems-to-be-a-confusion-about-block-time-with-tenderbake/3896 "2021-11-15T22:27:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Britcoin](https://forum.tezosagora.org/u/Britcoin)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/there-seems-to-be-a-confusion-about-block-time-with-tenderbake/3896/1 "2021-11-15T22:27:27Z")
Hey,
over the last few months I often saw the talk in reddit, discord, twitter, telegram that with Tenderbake we can get 1s block times. Now with Idiazabalnet released it seems that blocktime is still 30s? I tried to find more information and read the docs but cant find any specific info about it.
Here is no mention about it for example: [Nomadic Labs - A look ahead to Tenderbake](https://blog.nomadic-labs.com/a-look-ahead-to-tenderbake.html)
And here people talking about faster blocks:-
> **[r/tezos - Rapid Innovation: Tezos Tenderbake Testnet Spawned](https://www.reddit.com/r/tezos/comments/mnul6f/rapid_innovation_tezos_tenderbake_testnet_spawned/gtztt2a/?context=3)**
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> 67 votes and 8 comments so far on Reddit
> **[r/tezos - Noob question: would you recommend Tezos for building an NFT dapp?](https://www.reddit.com/r/tezos/comments/moxm5c/noob_question_would_you_recommend_tezos_for/gu6ggiy/?context=3)**
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> 84 votes and 13 comments so far on Reddit
Will blocktime stay at 30s? Is it possible with Tenderbake to get faster blocktimes in future upgrades? If not why?
I believe maybe a blogpost in regards block time speed or a short explainer what the problems to achieve faster ones are would erase most false information at this point.
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### Author:  [@eugenz](https://forum.tezosagora.org/u/eugenz)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/there-seems-to-be-a-confusion-about-block-time-with-tenderbake/3896/2 "2021-11-16T13:21:50Z")
I think this answer a while ago is still valid: [Block time \< 15 seconds - #9 by eugenz](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/block-time-15-seconds/2676/9)
The short answer to your questions:
- The block times will most probably stay at 30s in the protocol proposal I.
- The block times do not depend on the consensus algorithm (so on Tenderbake) alone, but rather on the functioning of the node as a whole. Work is being done to allow for smaller block times.
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### Author:  [@Britcoin](https://forum.tezosagora.org/u/Britcoin)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/there-seems-to-be-a-confusion-about-block-time-with-tenderbake/3896/3 "2021-11-17T21:15:43Z")
Thank you for the thread link very interesting. So why is there such a big amount of wrong takes about it?