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# Chunks

Chunks are subdivisions of blocks in NEAR's sharded architecture. Each chunk contains a subset of the transactions and receipts for a particular shard, facilitating parallel processing and scalability. Chunks are identified by a hash and are associated with a specific block.

### Table Columns

| Column Name              | Description                                                                                   |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| balance\_burnt           | The number of tokens burnt                                                                    |
| block\_hash              | The hash of the block                                                                         |
| block\_height            | The height of the block                                                                       |
| block\_timestamp         | The time at which the block was created/added to the chain                                    |
| chunk\_hash              | The hash of the chunk                                                                         |
| encoded\_length          | The chunk length encoded in integer format                                                    |
| encoded\_merkle\_root    | The encoded merkle root                                                                       |
| gas\_limit               | The maximum gas allowed in this block                                                         |
| gas\_used                | The total used gas by all transactions in this block                                          |
| height\_created          | The chunk height created                                                                      |
| height\_included         | The included height of the chunk                                                              |
| outcome\_root            | The root of the outcome trie of the block                                                     |
| outgoing\_receipts\_root | The root of the outgoing receipts of the block                                                |
| prev\_block\_hash        | The hash of the previous block chunk corresponding to the current one                         |
| prev\_state\_root        | The previous state of the root of the corresponding block                                     |
| receipt\_count           | The number of receipts in this chunk                                                          |
| rent\_paid               | The number of tokens paid as rent                                                             |
| shard\_id                | The id of the multiple data grouped together                                                  |
| signature                | The standard ed25519 signature type                                                           |
| transactions\_count      | The number of transactions in this chunk                                                      |
| tx\_root                 | The transaction root                                                                          |
| validator\_proposals     | An array of proposals provided by the validators                                              |
| validator\_reward        | The reward sent to the validators                                                             |
| included                 | Whether this chunk is included in the parent block or not (height\_included == block\_height) |
| \_created\_at            | Timestamp of the entry creation                                                               |
| \_updated\_at            | Timestamp of the entry update                                                                 |