# Active users (monthly) Methodology

## 1. Overview

Active users (monthly) is measured as the number of unique addresses that perform revenue-generating transactions on deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN). This metric is used to track the monthly distinct participant base engaging with the protocol's cross-chain swap and liquidity infrastructure. Each unique address is counted once per 30-day rolling window, regardless of its total transaction volume or frequency within that period.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: `CreatedOrder` events from `DlnSource` and `DlnSourceV1` contracts, covering Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, and 4 other chains

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) event parsing

- **Purpose**: Identify user interactions specifically related to the deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) product.
- **Logic**: `CreatedOrder` events are parsed from `DlnSource` and `DlnSourceV1` contracts across all supported chains. The address of the user is extracted from the `givePatchAuthoritySrc` field, which represents the entity initiating the cross-chain order. These interactions are specifically tagged as deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) activity to ensure clear product-level attribution.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (event timing), `transaction_hash` (unique transaction identifier), and `givePatchAuthoritySrc` (user address identification).

### Component B: Monthly aggregation

- **Purpose**: Ensure each user is counted only once per 30-day window.
- **Logic**: Timestamps are truncated to the start of the UTC 30-day window. User addresses are grouped by 30-day window, chain, and product ID. Duplicate entries for the same address within a single 30-day rolling window are removed to produce a distinct count. The data is filtered using a chain availability macro to ensure only records from approved and non-archived timestamps are included in the final output.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (truncated to monthly granularity) and `user_address` (unique identifier for deduplication).

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

Unique revenue-generating users over a rolling 30-day window.

Active users (monthly)

Bridges

deBridge operates two main products: (1) deBridge Messaging - node operators validate cross-chain transactions for data and asset transfers, and (2) DLN (deBridge Liquidity Network) - an order book of cross-chain intents where Makers create intents in the source chain and Takers provide liquidity on the destination chain. Validators currently do not take a cut of transfer fees (supply-side fees).

deBridge is an interoperability protocol with two products: deBridge Messaging enables decentralized transfers of data and assets between blockchains, and DLN (deBridge Liquidity Network) is a cross-chain token bridge and trading infrastructure. deBridge was founded by Alex Smirnov and launched in 2021, with DLN launched in 2023.

The deBridge team and investors own and govern the protocol. They currently take all transfer fees paid by traders (revenue). deBridge's investors include ParaFi Capital, Animoca Brands, Huobi Ventures, Lemniscap, etc. All fees paid by traders are accumulated on smart contracts operated by the deBridge team and will be governed by deBridge token holders.

deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN)

Active users (monthly)

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