World Chain is designed as a Layer 2 blockchain built on the OP Stack and optimized for verified humans. It leverages World ID, a privacy-preserving proof of personhood, to prioritize real users over bots and Sybil attackers. It integrates with World App and other identity wallets using Safe smart contract infrastructure.

World Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 chain that enables applications to distinguish between bots and verified humans. It forms a core part of the Worldcoin ecosystem, aiming to power more human-centric onchain activity by prioritizing real people in blockspace allocation and transaction processing.

World Chain is developed by the team behind Worldcoin, which is currently governed by the Worldcoin Foundation. Worldcoin's investors include a16z, Multicoin Capital, 1confirmation, CoinFund, among others.

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# World Chain Transactions per second Methodology

## 1. Overview

Transactions per second (TPS) measures the average number of transactions processed by the Worldchain blockchain per second on a daily basis. This metric provides insight into network throughput and usage patterns by calculating the daily transaction volume divided by the number of seconds in a day (86,400). The calculation uses distinct transaction counts to ensure accuracy and applies gap-filling logic to provide consistent daily measurements.

## 2. Data sources

- **Worldchain transaction records**: Raw blockchain transaction data including block timestamps, transaction hashes, sender addresses (`from_address`), and recipient addresses (`to_address`)
- **Chain availability metadata**: Information about when the Worldchain network was operational and producing valid data
- **Table modification tracking**: Timestamps indicating when underlying data was last updated, used for efficient incremental processing

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Transaction data standardization
- **Purpose**: Extract and standardize raw Worldchain transaction data for processing
- **Logic**: Select essential transaction fields from Worldchain blockchain records, casting timestamps and addresses to appropriate data types. Add chain identifier as 'worldchain' for consistent labeling across the system.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp` (when transaction was included in a block), `transaction_hash` (unique transaction identifier), `from_address` and `to_address` (transaction participants), `chain` (blockchain identifier)

### Component B: Daily transaction aggregation  
- **Purpose**: Count distinct transactions per day and add classification metadata
- **Logic**: Truncate block timestamps to daily boundaries using day-level precision, then count distinct transaction hashes within each day to avoid double-counting. Group results by day, chain, and classification fields. Classify all data as 'blockchains_l2' market sector and 'blockchain' business segment, with null values for product-specific identifiers since this represents chain-level activity.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (truncated to day boundary), `timestamp_grain` (set to 'day'), `chain_id` ('worldchain'), `market_sector_id` ('blockchains_l2'), `business_segment_id` ('blockchain'), `transaction_count` (distinct transaction hash count per day)

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: Daily transaction counts are processed through a transactions per second calculation by dividing the `transaction_count` by 86,400 (the number of seconds in a day)
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable for this volume-based metric
- **Time aggregation**: Data is aggregated to daily boundaries, with each day representing the average transactions per second for that 24-hour period
- **Final calculation**: The transactions per second value is calculated as the daily transaction count divided by 86,400 seconds, using safe division to handle any potential zero denominators. The finalization process validates the schema structure, ensures no missing days in the time series by filling gaps with zero values, and applies chain availability filtering to exclude periods when the network was not operational or producing valid data.

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

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