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Learn more about Avalanche's transaction fees |
In order to prevent spam, transactions on Avalanche require the payment of a transaction fee. The fee is paid in AVAX. The transaction fee is burned (destroyed forever).
When you issue a transaction through Avalanche’s API, the transaction fee is automatically deducted from one of the addresses you control.
Different types of transactions require payment of a different transaction fee. This table shows the transaction fee schedule:
{% hint style="warning" %} The C-Chain gas price is 225 nAVAX (225 GWei). The C-Chain gas limit is 10e8 (100,000,000) {% endhint %}
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| Chain : Transaction Type | Transaction Fee (AVAX) |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Create Blockchain | 0.01 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Add Validator | 0 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Add Delegator | 0 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Create Subnet | 0.01 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Import AVAX | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| P : Export AVAX | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| X : Send | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| X : Create Asset | 0.01 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| X : Mint Asset | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| X : Import AVAX | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| X : Export AVAX | 0.001 |
+----------+-------------------+------------------------+