Historical Token Values Per Protocol Per Chain
The defillama.tvl.historical_token_values_per_chain shows daily historical token values per (protocol, chain) pair. This is useful if a protocol operates on many chains and you only wish to look into that protocol’s metrics in a particular chain.
Columns
| Column Name | Description |
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| chain | The chain corresponding to the record |
| protocol_name | The full name of the DeFi protocol |
| protocol_id | Unique identifier for the protocol in DefiLlama’s system |
| protocol_slug | URL-friendly version of the protocol name used in DefiLlama’s URLs |
| total_value_usd | The quantity of tokens held by the protocol on this date |
| coingecko_token_id | The unique identifier of the token on CoinGecko |
| date | Deprecated column; see section below for more details |
| actual_timestamp | The record timestamp from DefiLlama |
| nearest_date | The nearest date of actual_timestamp above |
| token_symbol | The abbreviated symbol of the token (e.g. ‘ETH’, ‘USDT’) |
| token_name | The full name of the token |
| token_ethereum_address | The contract address of the token on Ethereum network (if applicable) |
| token_polygon_address | The contract address of the token on Polygon network (if applicable) |
| token_solana_address | The token address on Solana network (if applicable) |
Caveat on Time Columns
For most cases, you should use the nearest_date column. Here is why:
The data returned from DefiLlama has daily timestamps with time 00:00:00, except for the latest record which corresponds to the latest data available in DefiLlama. For example, if we scrape the data corresponding to the protocol at 4 Mar 03:00, we may get records with the timestamps:
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1 Mar 00:00
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2 Mar 00:00
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3 Mar 00:00
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3 Mar 23:00 (assuming data in DefiLlama corresponding to this protocol has freshness of 4 hours) The timestamps above are stored in the
actual_timestampcolumn.
The deprecated date column truncates the times from the timestamp column above. In this case, it will store dates 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, and another 3 Mar. This is likely undesirable for you.
The nearest_date column instead rounds the time to the nearest date. In this case, it will store dates 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, and 4 Mar, ensuring that each date contains a data even when we fetch a slightly late data.