Onchain Infra · Blockspace · 05 / 22
Gas & Fees
Pricing the room
Fees ration blockspace and pay validators. Fee design decides whether costs are predictable, which asset you pay in, and whether someone else can pay for you.
Where it connects
How It Works
- 01MeterEach operation costs gas.
- 02PriceA base fee tracks demand; tips buy priority.
- 03PayThe sender, or a sponsor, pays in the accepted token.
Designs
01
Native gas token
Fees in ETH, SOL; users must hold it.
02
Paymasters
A contract pays gas or accepts other tokens.
03
Stablecoin gas
Fees in dollars at the protocol level.
Who Builds It
Across ecosystems, not one chain.
EIEIP-1559Ethereum, L2sBase fee burned, tip to proposer
LoLocal fee marketsSolanaPriority fees per hot account
BlBlob fee marketEIP-4844Separate price for rollup data
ERERC-4337 paymastersEVMPimlico, Coinbase, Alchemy
StStablecoin gasTempoAny USD stablecoin pays fees
What to Compare
01
Cost per transfer, in dollars
02
Volatility of fees
03
Who can pay: user, app, sponsor
On Tempo
On Tempo · In the protocol
No gas token. Fees are paid in any USD stablecoin, bounded, and can be sponsored by the app.
$0.0006
Transfer at cap
$0.00003
At the floor
0
Gas tokens
User
SignsPays in USDC
any USD TIP-20
Fee AMM
0x feec1.0 → 0.9970
LPs earn 0.3%
Validator
Chooses tokenpathUSD
or any stablecoin
Dynamic base fee
T7 · bounded$0.00032
per 50k-gas transfer
Floor $0.00003 · quietCap $0.0006 · busy
No native token. Wallets show a USD placeholder.
Stablecoin gas
Any USD TIP-20 pays fees; no native token
Dynamic base fee
T7Bounded: cheaper when quiet, capped when busy
Fee AMM
Converts fee token to the validator's choice
Fee sponsorship
Apps pay fees so users never see gas
Used By
StripeTreasuryStablecoin Fees
DeelPayrollStablecoin Fees
DoorDashMarketplace payoutsStablecoin Fees
Felix PagoRemittanceStablecoin Fees
Coastal BankBankingStablecoin Fees
KartaSelf-custody money appStablecoin Fees
RedotPayAgentic paymentsStablecoin Fees
ARQCross-border fintechStablecoin Fees
KASTCards & EarnStablecoin Fees
MoneyGramRemittanceStablecoin Fees
OnePayConsumer fintechStablecoin Fees
AltitudeBusiness finance OSStablecoin Fees