Validators process transactions and receive fees from users (supply-side fees). DA costs for users are reflected in the transactions fees paid.

Celestia is a proof of stake blockchain optimized for data availability (DA). Celestia was founded by Mustafa Al-Bassam, etc. and launched in 2023.

TIA holders own and govern the protocol. They currently do not take a cut of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Celestia's investors include Polychain Capital, Placeholder, Coinbase Ventures, etc.

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# Celestia Transaction count Methodology

## 1. Overview

The Celestia transaction count metric measures the daily volume of successful transactions processed on the Celestia blockchain. This metric counts unique transactions per day, excluding failed transactions, to provide an accurate measure of network activity and usage. The calculation ensures data quality by filtering out unsuccessful transactions and maintains complete time series data through gap-filling strategies.

## 2. Data sources

- **Celestia transaction records**: Raw blockchain transaction data including transaction hashes, block timestamps, and transaction status information
- **Transaction fee data**: Fee amounts paid for transaction processing on the Celestia network  
- **Transaction tip data**: Additional tip amounts included in transactions
- **Block timestamp data**: Timing information for when transactions were included in blocks

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Transaction filtering and normalization
- **Purpose**: Extract valid transactions and normalize fee data for proper decimal handling
- **Logic**: The system retrieves all Celestia blockchain transactions and filters out failed transactions by excluding any records where the `transaction_fee` field is null. For remaining valid transactions, it normalizes both transaction fees and tips by dividing the raw values by 10^6 to account for Celestia's native token decimal precision. This ensures fee amounts are represented in their standard unit denomination.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` for timing, `transaction_hash` for unique identification, `transaction_fee` and `transaction_tip` for fee calculations

### Component B: Daily aggregation
- **Purpose**: Count unique transactions per day and establish consistent time boundaries
- **Logic**: Block timestamps are truncated to day boundaries using daily time truncation to create consistent 24-hour periods. The system then counts distinct transaction hashes within each day to ensure each unique transaction is counted exactly once, regardless of any potential data duplication. Additional metadata fields are assigned including chain identifier as 'celestia', market sector as 'blockchains_l1', and business segment as 'blockchain'.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (truncated to day), `transaction_count` (distinct count of transaction hashes)

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: The filtered transaction data flows directly into the daily aggregation without additional joins
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable for transaction count metrics
- **Time aggregation**: Daily boundaries are established by truncating block timestamps to day level, with incremental processing that includes a lookback period to capture any late-arriving data
- **Final calculation**: The final transaction count represents the distinct count of successful transaction hashes per day, with schema validation through the finalize metric macro that ensures proper data structure and fills any missing days with zero values to maintain complete time series continuity

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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