{"id":57271,"date":"2022-02-07T13:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T11:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57271"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:53:38","slug":"aurora-protocol-team-imposes-transaction-fees-amid-network-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/aurora-protocol-team-imposes-transaction-fees-amid-network-congestion\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora protocol team imposes transaction fees amid network congestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer protocol<\/a> on the NEAR platform, began charging users transaction fees due to congestion. The minimum gas price has been set at 0.1 Gwei.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddf5An emergency update to all Aurora users with explanations.<\/p>\n<p>TL; DR: Aurora RPC would accept transactions with gas price of 1 Gwei at least, starting 17:00 UTC today (in approx. 1h).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll put it as a Socratic dialogue \ud83d\udde8\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Shevchenko (@AlexAuroraDev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexAuroraDev\/status\/1490353255817302016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abThe protocol is currently under extreme load, which leads to costs of 300 NEAR per hour (~$4,050\/hour) for Aurora Labs (a minor issue), as well as the rejection of some user transactions and NEAR network congestion (a serious issue),\u00bb explained Alex Shevchenko, CEO of Aurora Labs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, 80% of transactions come from users of the recently launched Moonflower Farmers game \u2014 a fork of the popular Farmers Sunflower Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Analyses indicated that real people are behind the activity, not bots, Shevchenko added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abBlockchains typically solve this problem with a bit of logic. On Ethereum this is called the gas price auction: miners can select transactions to include in a block, so congestion drives up the gas price,\u00bb the developer reminded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aurora, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer protocol<\/a> on the NEAR platform, began charging users transaction fees due to congestion. The minimum gas price has been set at 0.1 Gwei.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abAll of these things are abstracted away from users by the Aurora RPC, which accepts all transactions, even with zero fees,\u00bb emphasised Shevchenko.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To reduce network congestion among some users, developers decided to introduce a minimum gas fee. Depending on the results, it may be necessary to raise it from the initial 0.1 Gwei (~$0.0000003), said the head of Aurora Labs.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the team has been working for several months on personalising user interactions with Aurora RPC, in order to assign individual gas prices while preserving a zero rate for the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Shevchenko noted that users will now need some ETH to pay transaction fees. The asset can be purchased on the Aurora DEX or transferred via <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-cross-chain-bridges\">cross-chain bridge<\/a> from Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, the NEAR Protocol team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/near-protocol-developers-launch-ethereum-layer-2-protocol\">launched the L2 protocol Aurora<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NEAR network&#8217;s second-layer Aurora protocol began charging users transaction fees due to congestion. 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