<p>The mining process results in an expected block interval of ten minutes. If you only need a rough estimate, you can therefore simply calculate it by <code>blocks_til_maturity × 10 minutes</code>.</p>

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2022-09-03T14:49:13.817Z
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Murch
<p>I have a lightning node running locally. For some events in the future (e.g. when a pending channel will be closed) it shows such values: <code>&quot;blocks_til_maturity&quot;: 107</code>.</p>
<p>It means that when block height reaches <code>current_block_height + 107</code>, the event occurs.</p>
<p>So, having current block height and desired height, how can I roughly estimate the time needed to reach that height?</p>

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Is this possible to roughly estimate when next N blocks will be generated from now?
Sergei Basharov
# Is this possible to roughly estimate when next N blocks will be generated from now?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-03)

I have a lightning node running locally. For some events in the future (e.g. when a pending channel will be closed) it shows such values: `"blocks_til_maturity": 107`.

It means that when block height reaches `current_block_height + 107`, the event occurs.

So, having current block height and desired height, how can I roughly estimate the time needed to reach that height?

**Tags:** block-interval, height


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-03. Score: 2

The mining process results in an expected block interval of ten minutes. If you only need a rough estimate, you can therefore simply calculate it by `blocks_til_maturity × 10 minutes`.


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