# Transactions

Transactions, just like double entry accounting transactions, are groups of balance updates that are ordered within a block. The **Transactions** endpoint returns a list of accounts, which have the following fields:

| Field                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| txid                       | Identifier of the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| block\_hash                | Hash of the block containing the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| height                     | Height of the block containing the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| tx\_position               | Position of the transaction within a block                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| consensus\_time            | [Consensus timestamp](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#consensus-timestamp); always increases monotonically                                                                                                                                                            |
| min\_chain sequence number | Starting [sequence number](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#chain-sequencing) (global ordering of the first update in this transaction relative to all other updates recorded on the ledger up until that point) for the balance updates occurring in this transaction |
| max\_chain sequence number | Last [sequence number ](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#chain-sequencing)(global ordering of the last update in this transaction relative to all other updates recorded on the ledger up until that point) for the balance updates occurring in this transaction      |
| n\_balance updates         | Number of balance updates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| amount                     | Amount of the balance updates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| stale                      | Indicator if the block is stale.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| version                    | Version of the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| physical\_size             | Physical size of the transaction (bytes)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| consensus\_size            | Consensus size of the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Fee                        | Fee of the transaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |