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title: hist
description: Learn how to us the 'hist' function to display history for any given
  Ethereum Blockchain balance using Ethplorer. Understand the usage, parameters and
  their defaults, for an optimized user experience.
keywords:
- crypto
- ethereum
- hist
- blockchain
- ethereum blockchain
- transaction history
- ethplorer
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Display history for given ethereum blockchain balance. e.g. 0x3cD751E6b0078Be393132286c442345e5DC49699 [Source: Ethplorer]

### Usage

```python
hist [-l LIMIT] [-s {timestamp,transactionHash,token,value}] [-r]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| limit | display N number records | 10 | True | None |
| sortby | Sort by given column. Default: timestamp | timestamp | True | timestamp, transactionHash, token, value |
| reverse | Data is sorted in descending order by default. Reverse flag will sort it in an ascending way. Only works when raw data is displayed. | False | True | None |

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