QRL burns the EIP-1559 base fee of every transaction, permanently removing those Quanta from supply. This chart tracks the amount burned per day — higher burn means more demand for blockspace. Values are in shor (1e-9 Quanta) because base fees currently sit at the protocol's 7-planck floor. The Proof-of-Work chain has no burn — its flat fees go to miners.
Daily Fee Burned
QRL 2.0 only
Time range
Fee burned / day (shor)
FAQ about this chart
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What does the QRL daily fee burned chart show?
The total base fee destroyed each day on QRL, in shor. Under EIP-1559 every transaction burns base fee × gas used, permanently removing it from supply. Higher daily burn means more demand for blockspace. Only the burned slice is shown — validator tips are not included.
Why is the base fee burned instead of paid to validators?
EIP-1559 splits each fee in two: the protocol burns the base fee so heavy usage permanently shrinks supply, while the optional priority tip rewards the block proposer. Burning the base part also removes any incentive for validators to manipulate congestion pricing for their own profit.
How is fee burned different from gas used and daily fees?
Gas measures computation, fees measure cost, and burn measures supply removal. Daily gas counts compute units (and the per-bucket gas distribution shows their mix); the fee percentiles show what users actually paid (base fee plus tip); fee burned is only base fee × gas — the destroyed part. The charts answer different questions about the same activity.
Why is the chart shown in shor instead of Quanta?
Base fees currently sit at the protocol's 7-planck floor, so a full day burns far less than one Quanta and would round to zero on a Quanta axis. Shor — one billionth of a Quanta — keeps daily totals readable. As real demand grows, the burn will be far larger.
Why is there no Proof-of-Work data on this chart?
Fee burning is an EIP-1559 mechanism that only exists on the EVM-based QRL 2.0 chain. The original chain is Proof-of-Work with flat transaction fees paid entirely to miners — nothing is ever burned, so there is no Proof-of-Work burn history to show.
Does burning fees make QRL deflationary?
Only when the burn outpaces new issuance. EIP-1559 destroys the base fee of every transaction, which pushes supply down, while staking rewards on QRL add new coins, which push it up. The chain is net-deflationary on any day burn exceeds issuance. Fees currently sit at the protocol floor, so the burn is tiny and the mechanism is present rather than decisive — its real effect depends on real blockspace demand.