Account

Native accounts on Concordium are created through an Account Creation transaction.

ccdexplorer.grpc_client.CCD_Types.CCD_AccountInfo

Information about the account at a particular point in time.

GRPC documentation: concordium.v2.AccountInfo

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
sequence_number	CCD_SequenceNumber	Next sequence number to be used for transactions signed from this account.
amount	microCCD	Current (unencrypted) balance of the account.
schedule	CCD_ReleaseSchedule	Release schedule for any locked up amount. This could be an empty release schedule.
creds	dict[int, CCD_AccountCredential]	Map of all currently active credentials on the account. This includes public keys that can sign for the given credentials, as well as any revealed attributes. This map always contains a credential with index 0.
threshold	CCD_AccountThreshold	Lower bound on how many credentials must sign any given transaction from this account.
encrypted_balance	CCD_EncryptedBalance	The encrypted balance of the account.
encryption_key	CCD_EncryptionKey	The public key for sending encrypted balances to the account.
index	CCD_AccountIndex	Internal index of the account. Accounts on the chain get sequential indices. These should generally not be used outside of the chain, the account address is meant to be used to refer to accounts.
stake	Optional[CCD_AccountStakingInfo]	Present if the account is a validator or delegator. In that case it is the information about the validator or delegator.
address	CCD_AccountAddress	Canonical address of the account. This is derived from the first credential that created the account.
cooldowns	list[CCD_Cooldown]	The stake on the account that is in cooldown.
available_balance	microCCD	The available (unencrypted) balance of the account that can be transferred or used to pay for transactions.

Source code in .venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ccdexplorer/grpc_client/CCD_Types/__init__.py

class CCD_AccountInfo(BaseModel):
    """Information about the account at a particular point in time.

    GRPC documentation: [concordium.v2.AccountInfo](https://docs.concordium.com/concordium-grpc-api/#concordium.v2.AccountInfo)

    Attributes:
        sequence_number (CCD_SequenceNumber): Next sequence number to be used for transactions signed from this account.
        amount (microCCD): Current (unencrypted) balance of the account.
        schedule (CCD_ReleaseSchedule): Release schedule for any locked up amount. This could be an empty release schedule.
        creds (dict[int, CCD_AccountCredential]): Map of all currently active credentials on the account. This includes public keys that can sign for the given credentials, as well as any revealed attributes. This map always contains a credential with index 0.
        threshold (CCD_AccountThreshold): Lower bound on how many credentials must sign any given transaction from this account.
        encrypted_balance (CCD_EncryptedBalance): The encrypted balance of the account.
        encryption_key (CCD_EncryptionKey): The public key for sending encrypted balances to the account.
        index (CCD_AccountIndex): Internal index of the account. Accounts on the chain get sequential indices. These should generally not be used outside of the chain, the account address is meant to be used to refer to accounts.
        stake (Optional[CCD_AccountStakingInfo]): Present if the account is a validator or delegator. In that case it is the information about the validator or delegator.
        address (CCD_AccountAddress): Canonical address of the account. This is derived from the first credential that created the account.
        cooldowns (list[CCD_Cooldown]): The stake on the account that is in cooldown.
        available_balance (microCCD): The available (unencrypted) balance of the account that can be transferred or used to pay for transactions.
    """

    address: str
    amount: microCCD
    stake: Optional[CCD_AccountStakingInfo] = None
    credentials: dict[str, CCD_AccountCredential]
    encrypted_balance: CCD_EncryptedBalance
    encryption_key: str
    index: int
    schedule: Optional[CCD_ReleaseSchedule] = None
    threshold: int
    sequence_number: Optional[CCD_SequenceNumber] = None
    available_balance: Optional[microCCD] = None
    cooldowns: Optional[list[CCD_Cooldown]] = None
    tokens: Optional[list[CCD_Token]] = None

Canonical vs alias

Accounts can expose multiple aliases (derived sub-addresses). CCDExplorer stores: - account_address – the full alias that appeared on-chain. - account_address_canonical – the first 29 characters shared by every alias of the account.
See Alias Addresses for details on how we normalize aliases across services.

How is an account stored in the system?

• ms_accounts listens for the account_creation Celery topic and inserts a document into all_account_addresses with both the canonical ID and the newest alias.
• The actual account metadata (balances, delegation, credentials) is retrieved on demand via GetAccountInfo.
  Long-running analytics snapshots (e.g. accounts_retrieval) persist denormalized copies for historical analysis.
• Helper collections (statistics, account graphs, notification preferences) use the canonical ID to ensure aliases roll up correctly.***