Transaction Sizes

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Mempool Size

Definition

The total size of all transactions in the mempool, in bytes.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The size of all transactions is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

Mempool Size Entered

Definition

The total size in bytes of all transactions that have entered the mempool over the course of a 1-minute aggregation window. The beginning of this time window is noted in the “time” field of the response.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The size of all transactions that have entered the mempool in the previous 1-minute window is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

Mempool Size Left

Definition

The total size in bytes of all transactions that have left the mempool over the course of a 1-minute aggregation window. The beginning of this time window is noted in the “time” field of the response.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The size of all transactions that have left the mempool in the previous 1-minute window is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

Mempool vSize

Definition

The total virtual size (vsize) of all transactions in the mempool, in virtual bytes. Virtual Size (vsize) is a unit used to measure the size of bitcoin transactions after the activation of SegWit.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The virtual size of all transactions is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

Mempool vSize Entered

Definition

The total virtual size (vsize) of all transactions that have entered the mempool over the course of a 1-minute aggregation window. The beginning of this time window is noted in the “time” field of the response. Virtual Size (vsize) is a unit used to measure the size of a bitcoin transaction after the activation of SegWit.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The virtual size of all transactions that have entered the mempool in the previous 1-minute window is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

Mempool vSize Left

Definition

The total virtual size (vsize), in bytes, of all transactions that have left the mempool over the course of a 1- minute aggregation window. The beginning of this time window is noted in the “time” field of the response. Virtual Size (vsize) is a unit used to measure the size of a bitcoin transaction after the activation of SegWit.

Dictionary

Methodology

The mempool is evaluated and all transactions within are indexed. The virtual size of all transactions that have left the mempool in the previous 1-minute window is summed.

Available Assets

Bitcoin (BTC)

Sample Query

API Endpoints

metrics can be accessed using these endpoints:

  • timeseries/asset-metrics

and by passing in the metric ID's mempool_size* and mempool_vsize_* in the metrics parameter.

curl --compressed "https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?metrics=mempool_size&assets=btc&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>"

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