Fee classes

Fee classes describe the economic character of an action. They are useful to application developers because the class can remain stable even when a network-specific amount changes.

Classes

Class	Meaning
`none`	no public economic charge for the operation
`bond`	value is committed as an eligibility or accountability bond
`micro`	low-friction protocol action
`standard`	ordinary state-changing economic action
`elevated`	deliberately higher-friction action
`funded`	action carries or escrows its own value

Selected V3 actions

Action	Class	Additional requirement
`capsule.publish`	standard	Author, Journalist or Editor plus active bond
`evidence.community.attach`	micro	authenticated PressKey identity
`evidence.official.attach`	standard	publishing role, active bond and relationship authority
`contributor.add`	standard	publishing role and Capsule authority
`challenge.open`	elevated	identity and active bond
`review.submit`	micro	Journalist, Editor or Validator plus active bond
`bounty.create`	funded	Author, Journalist or Editor, active bond and funding
`bounty.claim`	micro	eligible bonded role
`role.activate`	bond	activation bond
`role.withdraw`	micro	cooldown
`reward.claim`	micro	active bond and cycle limit
`rss.feed.register`	elevated	Editor plus outlet or Enterprise authority

Build a generic cost component

A reusable action-cost component should take semantic policy as input:

<ActionCost
  feeClass={rule.feeClass}
  amount={networkEconomics.resolve(rule.feeClass, rule.action)}
  bondRequired={rule.activeBondRequired}
  fundedValue={draft.fundedValue}
/>

This avoids copy such as “All writes cost 1 PRESS,” which becomes wrong as soon as funded or elevated actions are introduced.

Error handling

If the application cannot resolve the current network amount for a fee-bearing action, disable authorization rather than guessing. A missing economics manifest is an operational error, not permission to use a stale cached amount indefinitely.

Economic transparency

Show class and amount before signing. For bonded or funded actions, explain whether value is locked, transferable, refundable or subject to settlement policy. The user should be able to distinguish protocol economics from network gas and from any separate application subscription fee.

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Fee Classes

Fee classes

Classes

Selected V3 actions

Build a generic cost component

Error handling

Economic transparency

​Fee classes

​Classes

​Selected V3 actions

​Build a generic cost component

​Error handling

​Economic transparency

Fee classes

Classes

Selected V3 actions

Build a generic cost component

Error handling

Economic transparency