Great question
đ We donât rely on a global clock
Instead of trying to force everyone to agree on âwhat time it is,â each node builds its own DAG of events.
These DAGs capture causal ordering, meaning:
which events happened before others, based on how data and computation flowed.
Itâs a bit like how Lamport timestamps or vector clocks work, but embedded in the actual structure of the network.
From there, Realityâs 2MEME consensus selects snapshots across the network that represent the highest information gain, the most meaningful or novel progress, and uses those to move the network forward.
This creates a shared global state without requiring synchronized clocks.
If real-world timestamps are needed (say for audits or external systems), Reality lets you attach time metadata from trusted sources. But time is never the foundation of consensus, computation is.
Global coordination emerges from local causality.
Thatâs how Reality stays coherent without ever needing a clock.
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Isnât that how real life works?
Each of us moves on our own timeline,
responding to what weâve seen, what we know.
Weâre all just nodes đ in a shared reality.
And somehow, without a central clock, it works.
We sync through meaning, not time.