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# XDC Network Average fees per user (AFPU) Methodology

## 1. Overview

Average fees per user (AFPU) measures the average amount of fees paid per active user on the XDC network on a daily basis. This metric is calculated by dividing the total daily fees collected by the network by the number of daily active users. It provides insight into the average cost per user interaction with the XDC blockchain and reflects both network utilization and fee dynamics.

## 2. Data sources

- **XDC blockchain transaction records**: Complete transaction data from the XDC network including gas usage, gas prices, sender addresses, recipient addresses, and block timestamps
- **End-of-day token price feeds**: XDC token price data used for USD conversion of native fee amounts

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Gas fee calculation
- **Purpose**: Calculate the total daily gas fees paid on the XDC network in native tokens and USD
- **Logic**: Extract all XDC blockchain transactions and calculate gas fees by multiplying `gas_used` by `gas_price` for each transaction, then divide by 1e18 to convert from wei to XDC tokens. Aggregate these fees daily by truncating block timestamps to day boundaries and summing all gas fees. Convert the native XDC fee amounts to USD using end-of-day price feeds through the conversion macro.
- **Key fields**: `gas_used` (gas consumed by transaction), `gas_price` (price per unit gas), `block_timestamp` (transaction timing), resulting in daily `fees` amounts in USD

### Component B: Daily active user calculation  
- **Purpose**: Count the distinct number of active users on XDC network each day
- **Logic**: Extract all XDC blockchain transactions and identify unique users by their `from_address` (transaction sender). Truncate block timestamps to daily boundaries and count distinct sender addresses per day. Use HyperLogLog aggregation for efficient distinct counting across large datasets. Create dimensional breakdowns including project-level, chain-level, user-type-level, and product-level aggregations.
- **Key fields**: `from_address` (transaction sender address), `block_timestamp` (transaction timing), `user_type` (classified as "Transaction sender"), resulting in daily `user_dau` counts

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: The fees metric and daily active user metric are joined by date to create matched daily pairs of total fees and user counts
- **Currency conversion**: All fees are converted to USD using end-of-day XDC token price feeds before the final calculation
- **Time aggregation**: Both components use daily time boundaries by truncating timestamps to day level, ensuring consistent temporal alignment
- **Final calculation**: AFPU is calculated by dividing the daily total fees (in USD) by the daily active user count for each day, producing an average fee per user metric. Missing days are filled with zeros to ensure complete time series coverage.

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

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