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# Berachain Average transaction fee Methodology

## 1. Overview

The average transaction fee metric measures the mean cost per transaction on the Berachain blockchain, expressed in USD. This metric is calculated by dividing the total daily transaction fees by the total number of transactions executed on that day. It provides insight into the average cost users pay to execute transactions on Berachain, helping assess network usage patterns and fee market dynamics.

## 2. Data sources

- **Berachain blocks**: Raw blockchain block data containing block timestamps, block numbers, and `base_fee_per_gas` values
- **Berachain transactions**: Individual transaction records including transaction hashes, sender/recipient addresses, gas usage (`receipt_gas_used`), gas prices (`gas_price`), and priority fees (`max_priority_fee_per_gas`)
- **End-of-day price feeds**: BERA token price data for USD conversion
- **Token metadata**: Berachain native token information (BERA symbol, contract address `0x6969696969696969696969696969696969696969`)

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Transaction data processing
- **Purpose**: Extract and standardize raw transaction and block data from Berachain
- **Logic**: Raw transaction records are joined with corresponding block data to combine transaction-level gas usage information with block-level fee parameters. The system casts all numeric fields to appropriate data types and adds standardized metadata including the BERA token address and symbol. Block timestamps are preserved to enable daily aggregation.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp`, `transaction_hash`, `from_address`, `to_address`, `gas_used`, `gas_price`, `priority_fee_per_gas`, `base_fee_per_gas`

### Component B: Gas fee calculation
- **Purpose**: Calculate the actual fee paid for each individual transaction
- **Logic**: For each transaction, the total gas fee is calculated by multiplying `gas_used` by `gas_price`, then dividing by 1e18 to convert from wei to BERA tokens. Additional fee components are calculated including priority fees (priority fee per gas × gas used ÷ 1e18) and base fees (base fee per gas × gas used ÷ 1e18). Timestamps are truncated to day boundaries for daily aggregation.
- **Key fields**: `fee_amount`, `priority_fee_amount`, `base_fee_amount`, `timestamp` (daily)

### Component C: Daily fee aggregation
- **Purpose**: Sum all transaction fees by day and convert to USD
- **Logic**: Individual transaction fees are aggregated by day using timestamp truncation. The system sums all `fee_amount` values for each day, then converts the total from BERA to USD using end-of-day price feeds. Standard business metadata is added including chain ID, business line classification, and market sector identification.
- **Key fields**: `fees` (daily total in USD), `chain_id`, `timestamp_grain`

### Component D: Daily transaction counting  
- **Purpose**: Count the total number of unique transactions per day
- **Logic**: The system counts distinct `transaction_hash` values grouped by daily timestamp boundaries. This counting includes all successful transactions regardless of their destination address or transaction type. The count is aggregated with the same temporal and metadata structure as the fee aggregation.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_count` (daily total), `timestamp`, `chain_id`

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: Daily fee totals and daily transaction counts are joined on timestamp to create matched pairs of total fees and transaction volumes for each day
- **Currency conversion**: All fees are converted to USD using end-of-day BERA token prices before the final calculation
- **Time aggregation**: Both components use daily timestamp truncation ensuring consistent time boundaries
- **Final calculation**: The average transaction fee is calculated using safe division of daily total fees by daily transaction count, which handles cases where transaction count might be zero and prevents division errors. The result represents the mean fee paid per transaction in USD for each day.

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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