Fees
How Lethe fees work, and what Lethe never earns money from.
No fee applies yet: nothing is deployed. Every fee and its recipient is published on this page and on Network and contracts before it applies.
What can cost money
| Fee | When | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Network cost | Gas on Elysium, paid in HYPE, whenever your wallet submits a transaction (every shield, and any private action you submit yourself) | The network |
| Relayer fee | A flat fee in the token you are moving, when a relayer submits a private send or withdrawal and pays its gas | The relayer. Once staking exists, the relayer and the people staked behind it share this fee. See LETHE token |
| Protocol fee | Only if one is published for a deployment. Its rate and recipient appear here first | The published recipient |
Shielding never pays a relayer fee: your wallet sends the deposit itself.
How fees are shown
- Every action shows its fees before you sign.
- The relayer fee is fixed inside your proof. Nobody can charge more than it.
- Exchange fees and price impact on swaps, when swaps arrive, are shown separately from Lethe’s own fees.
What Lethe never does
- Deposits do not earn yield. Shielding is not a savings account.
- Your deposits are not lent out or used as operating money.
- Your data is not for sale. Private records, viewing keys and transaction history are not a revenue product.