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# Rootstock Median transaction fee Methodology

## 1. Overview

Median transaction fee measures the typical fee paid for a single transaction on the Rootstock network. It represents the middle value of all fees paid within a specific period, providing a more accurate reflection of what a common user pays compared to an average, which can be skewed by transactions with exceptionally high or low gas requirements. This metric captures activity across the Rootstock sidechain, where fees are paid in the native asset, Smart Bitcoin (RBTC).

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: Transactions from the Rootstock network, covering Rootstock
- **External data**: End-of-day price feeds for the native gas asset (RBTC)

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Transaction data extraction

- **Purpose**: Retrieve the necessary gas and pricing fields for every transaction on the network
- **Logic**: Transaction data is parsed from the Rootstock blockchain to identify the amount of gas consumed and the gas price specified for each transaction hash. Key attributes including the sender address, recipient address, and block timestamp are extracted to contextualize the fee data.
- **Key fields**: `receipt_gas_used`, `gas_price`, and `block_timestamp`

### Component B: Individual transaction fee calculation

- **Purpose**: Determine the total fee paid per transaction in the native asset
- **Logic**: Total fees are calculated by multiplying the gas used by the gas price. As Rootstock is a pre-EIP-1559 chain, the calculation does not distinguish between base fees and priority fees. All amounts are normalized by decimal precision to represent the value in the native asset (RBTC).
- **Key fields**: `gas_used` and `gas_price`

### Component C: Median determination and USD conversion

- **Purpose**: Identify the daily median fee and normalize the output to USD
- **Logic**: Transactions are aggregated into daily intervals based on UTC timestamps. Within each day, the 50th percentile (median) is calculated from the distribution of all individual transaction fees. This median value is then multiplied by the end-of-day price feed for the native asset to produce the final USD-denominated metric.
- **Key fields**: `transaction_fee_median` and `price_usd`

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

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