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Looking at traviota.iotalt.com, the 7 day, 7000+ sample confirmation time frequency in minutes is charted as follows:
It is characterized by an onset min value of 29 seconds, an attack peak at 4 minutes, and a decay that finishes at 358 minutes (shown only to 30 minutes on the chart).
What type of distribution is this?
How is this different from the theoretical Tangle distribution confirmation form when the network is fully optimized (running to spec)?
this is Poisson distribution. If we are waiting for independent event to occur, time when it will occur is distributed according to Poisson. Optimized tangle or not, it will be Poisson, just parameters might change. It also depends of measurement itself, of course.
Below confirmation time distribution in 16 days, 17300+ samples
