TVL
Historical TVL Per Protocol Per Chain
The
defillama.tvl.historical_tvl_per_chain shows daily historical total value locked (TVL) 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 |
|---|---|
| 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_liquidity_usd | The TVL of the protocol on this date |
| 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 |
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:- 1 Mar 00:00
- 2 Mar 00:00
- 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.
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.