AVAX · 2026-11-05 15:50 UTC

The Price of a Transaction Benchmarking the Avalanche C Chain on Cost and Capture

Avalanche Foundation benchmarked nine blockchains (Avalanche C-Chain, Arbitrum, Base, BSC, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana, Tron) on transaction costs, application revenue, and network fee capture. Average transaction costs fell across all nine networks between July 2024 and August 2026; fee capture ratios range from 3.29% on Arbitrum to 87.81% on Tron. Avalanche's Helicon upgrade (September 22, 2026) introduced ACP-283, allowing validators to continuously adjust minimum gas price, raising the empirical question of optimal pricing for blockspace.

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