# Flow Transaction count Methodology

## 1. Overview

Transaction count measures the number of confirmed transactions added to the blockchain. It reflects how actively users engage with the network. Total network activity is derived from transactions processed in both the native Cadence environment and the Flow EVM environment. This metric provides a standard measure of throughput and user interaction for the Flow ecosystem.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: Transaction records from Flow and Flow EVM, covering Flow

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Flow EVM transaction extraction

- **Purpose**: Captures activity from the Flow Ethereum Virtual Machine environment
- **Logic**: Unique transaction hashes are identified from the Flow EVM transaction records. The data is aggregated at a daily granularity based on the transaction timestamp to calculate the total number of distinct transactions.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_hash` (unique identifier), `block_timestamp` (timing)

### Component B: Flow native transaction extraction

- **Purpose**: Captures activity from the native Flow environment
- **Logic**: Unique transaction hashes are identified from the native Flow transaction records. This data reflects all activity occurring within the Cadence-based environment. Records are filtered by timestamp and grouped into daily totals.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_hash` (unique identifier), `block_timestamp` (timing)

### Component C: Final aggregation

- **Purpose**: Provides a comprehensive view of activity across all environments
- **Logic**: Transaction counts from the Flow and Flow EVM environments are combined into a unified project-level metric. The results are grouped by UTC day, and zero-filling is applied to ensure a continuous time series for all historical dates.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (daily grain), `transaction_count` (summed values)

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

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Validators process transactions and receive fees from users (supply-side fees).

Flow is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications (a blockchain). Flow was founded by Roham Gharegozlou, Dieter Shirley and Mikhael Naayem and launched in 2019.

FLOW holders own and govern the protocol. They currently don’t take a cut of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Flow’s investors include a16z, Coatue, Coinfund, Fabric Ventures, etc.

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