# Flow Transactions per second Methodology

## 1. Overview

Transactions per second measures the average number of confirmed user transactions added to the Flow blockchain each second. This metric reflects the network's real-time throughput and usage across both the original Flow environment and Flow EVM. Transactions per second is calculated by dividing the total daily transaction volume by the number of seconds in a 24-hour period.

## 2. Data sources

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

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Flow EVM transaction tracking

- **Purpose**: Identify and count transactions occurring within the Flow EVM environment
- **Logic**: Distinct transaction hashes are extracted from Flow EVM transaction records. The activity is filtered by block timestamp and associated with the Flow EVM product identifier. Gas-related metadata, including gas price and gas used, is captured alongside transaction identifiers to ensure data integrity.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_hash` (identification), `block_timestamp` (timing)

### Component B: Flow transaction tracking

- **Purpose**: Identify and count transactions occurring within the Flow (Cadence) environment
- **Logic**: Distinct transaction hashes are extracted from Flow transaction records. Data is parsed to include block height, block timestamp, and payer addresses. This component captures all non-EVM transaction activity on the network.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_hash` (identification), `block_timestamp` (timing)

### Component C: Aggregation and TPS normalization

- **Purpose**: Calculate the average throughput for the entire Flow network
- **Logic**: Transaction counts from both Flow EVM and Flow are aggregated to determine the total network volume per day. This daily sum is divided by the total number of seconds in a day (86,400) to derive the average transactions per second. Values are reported with daily granularity using UTC day boundaries.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_count` (total volume), `timestamp` (daily windowing)

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

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Blockchains (L1)

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.

Flow

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