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Chain vs App vs Ecosystem Metrics

Understand the difference between chain metrics, app metrics, and ecosystem context in growthepie.

growthepie exposes multiple scopes of data. Chain metrics answer high-level network questions for one origin_key. Application metrics answer project questions for one owner_project, and those application metrics are mostly based on smart contracts mapped to that project.

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Key Facts

  • Chain metrics answer questions about a chain such as arbitrum or base

  • Application metrics answer questions about a project such as uniswap, polymarket, or circlefin.

  • Application metrics are mostly based on smart contracts mapped to an owner_project

  • Ecosystem context appears in richer endpoints such as chains/{origin_key}/overview.json

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Scope Definitions

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Chain metrics

Chain metrics describe a covered network. Chain metrics are the right scope when you want high-level information about usage, economics, or value on a chain.

Common chain metrics include:

  • txcount

  • daa

  • fees

  • txcosts

  • throughput

  • tvl

  • stables_mcap

  • rent_paid

  • profit

  • market_cap

  • fdv

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App metrics

App metrics describe one application or project. In growthepie, the public app scope is keyed by owner_project, and the metrics are mostly based on smart contracts mapped to that owner_project.

Common app metrics currently include:

  • txcount

  • daa

  • gas_fees

  • success_rate

  • token_price

  • token_volume

  • market_cap

The canonical public starting points are labels/projects.json for project discovery, labels/projects_filtered.json for projects with actual datapoints, and apps/details/{owner_project}.json for project detail.

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Ecosystem context

Ecosystem context combines chain-level and app-level information. For example, the chain overview endpoint includes ecosystem.active_apps and an ecosystem.apps table.

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Caveats

  • Not every chain supports every metric. Use master.json.chains.{origin_key}.supported_metrics.

  • Not every app-oriented or internal endpoint is public. This docs set only documents public endpoints that are currently accessible.

  • Not every chain metric exists at the application level.

  • The application metric set can vary by owner_project.

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