Baking FAQ
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To become a baker you need a minimum of one roll which is currently 8,000 Tez. You can register your account as a baker <TODO>
Blocks are formed every minute (60 seconds) on average.
No. Technically bakers only need to be available when it is their turn to bake or endorse a block.
Bakers are assigned rights in advance for the blocks they need to bake and endorse. These are determined by randomized snapshots taken during the cycle. Each cycle one of the several snapshots is selected and baking rights are distributed based on weigh (amount staking). This data can be called through the node RPC or through an API call like this:
curl "https://api.tzstats.com/tables/rights?address=tz1aqcYgG6NuViML5vdWhohHJBYxcDVLNUsE&cycle=250&limit=100"
This is the API used if you are curious: https://tzstats.com/docs/api/index.html#rights-table