---
title: "ValueChain"
description: "the chain of a vertical with the participants placed on its stocks, the loops the template names over it, and when it was read; answered from the chain, the participants and the readings and held nowhere"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/valuechain
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ValueChain

the chain of a vertical with the participants placed on its stocks, the loops the template names over it, and when it was read; answered from the chain, the participants and the readings and held nowhere

[figure: ValueChain is a view at brand scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | view |
| scope | brand |
| key | the vertical and the brand |
| store | derived |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `vertical` | `id` | yes |  |
| `chain` | `id` | yes |  |
| `stocks` | [ChainStock](/concepts/chainstock) | yes |  |
| `handovers` | [ChainHandover](/concepts/chainhandover) | yes |  |
| `participants` | [MarketParticipant](/concepts/marketparticipant) | yes |  |
| `loops` | [FeedbackLoop](/concepts/feedbackloop) | yes |  |
| `read_at` | `time` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/read/value_chain`](/reference/read/value_chain) returns it