# Balance Updates

Balance updates represent the change in the balance of an account. If the change is greater-or-equal to 0, it is considered a credit. Otherwise, it is considered a debit. In certain circumstances, there can be 0-valued balance updates (used to represent 0 fee transactions, for example, which were frequent in Bitcoin's early history).

The **Balance Updates** endpoint returns a list of accounts, which have the following fields:

| Field                                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| block\_hash                                                                                                                | Hash of block containing the transaction affecting the balance                                                                                                                                                    |
| height                                                                                                                     | Height of the block containing the transaction affecting the balance                                                                                                                                              |
| consensus\_time                                                                                                            | [Consensus timestamp](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#chain-sequencing); always increases monotonically                                                                        |
| chain\_sequence\_number                                                                                                    | Global [sequence number ](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#chain-sequencing)or ordering of this update relative to all other updates recorded on the ledger up until this point |
| account                                                                                                                    | [Account](https://gitlab.com/coinmetrics/front-end/knowledge-base/-/blob/master/docs/network-data/on-chain-data/atlas-overview.md#accounts) receiving a balance change                                            |
| account\_creation\_height                                                                                                  | Block height at account creation                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| change                                                                                                                     | Balance change after this update                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| previous\_balance                                                                                                          | Balance of the account prior to the application of this update                                                                                                                                                    |
| new\_balance                                                                                                               | Balance of the account after this update                                                                                                                                                                          |
| [transaction\_sequence\_number](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/network-data/atlas-overview/..#transaction-sequencing) | Order of this update inside the transaction that contains it                                                                                                                                                      |
| previous\_n\_debits                                                                                                        | Number of times this account has been debited prior to this update                                                                                                                                                |
| previous\_n\_credits                                                                                                       | Number of times this account has been credited prior to this update                                                                                                                                               |
| transaction\_hash                                                                                                          | Hash of the transaction containing the balance update                                                                                                                                                             |
| previous\_debit\_height                                                                                                    | Block height of the last debit from this account (null if no prior debit)                                                                                                                                         |
| previous\_credit\_height                                                                                                   | Block height of the last credit from this account (null if no prior credit)                                                                                                                                       |
| previous\_chain\_sequence\_number                                                                                          | The positioning of the last transaction that took place for this account relative to all other transactions that have taken place on this chain                                                                   |