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# Rootstock Fees Methodology

## 1. Overview

Fees measures the total value paid by users to execute transactions and interact with smart contracts on Rootstock. As a Bitcoin sidechain, these fees represent the gross economic value generated by the network's block space demand. All transaction fees are paid in RBTC (Smart Bitcoin) and are distributed among miners, the Rootstock Foundation, and a smoothing fund.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: Transaction data including gas usage and pricing metadata, covering Rootstock
- **External data**: End-of-day price feeds for RBTC

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Transaction fee extraction

- **Purpose**: To calculate the total cost of every transaction processed on the network.
- **Logic**: Transaction records are parsed to retrieve `gas_price` and `receipt_gas_used` values. Because Rootstock utilizes a pre-EIP-1559 fee mechanism, the total fee for each transaction is calculated by multiplying the gas price by the actual gas consumed. Only successful transactions are included in the aggregation to ensure the metric reflects realized economic activity.
- **Key fields**: `gas_price`, `receipt_gas_used`

### Component B: Normalization and USD conversion

- **Purpose**: To convert native transaction costs into a standardized USD valuation.
- **Logic**: Raw fee amounts are normalized by decimal precision to account for the RBTC asset format. These normalized values are then multiplied by end-of-day price feeds.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp`, `fee_amount`, `price_usd`

### Component C: Daily aggregation

- **Purpose**: To provide a continuous time series of network activity.
- **Logic**: USD-denominated transaction fees are summed into daily totals. Aggregations are performed using UTC day boundaries to ensure consistency across the platform.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (UTC)

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

Total value users pay to use a protocol (gross fees, user-paid fees).

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