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ANNEX Q - ATOMIC UNIT & TRANSACTION FEE ECONOMICS MATRIX

Annex Q is an operational economics snapshot for P24 candidate selection as of 19 August 2026. It answers two separate questions: (1) how small the native ledger can represent value, and (2) what a practical standard native transfer costs. These are not the same thing. A chain can have an extremely small atomic unit and still impose material gas, reserve, dust, activation or storage costs.

EUR methodology

For internal consistency, atomic-unit EUR values use the USD price snapshot already frozen in Annex P and the latest published ECB reference rate available at preparation time: EUR 1 = USD 1.1576 on 18 August 2026 (USD 1 ≈ EUR 0.863856). These values are informational snapshots only and must be refreshed before activation, pricing, merchant settlement or public communication. LANA is intentionally not assigned an external spot value in this annex; its atomic-unit EUR value depends on the explicitly selected BEF System / Reference Value or separately identified external market price.

Q.1 Atomic Unit Economics

Coin

Smallest canonical unit

Precision

Annex P price basis (USD)

1 atomic unit in EUR*

Important note

LANA

base unit / 1e-8 LANA

8 decimals

BEF System / Reference or selected external price

BEF value ÷ 100,000,000

Reference coin; do not mix BEF System Value with external market price.

BTC

satoshi

8 decimals

$64,420

€0.0005565

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. Reference transaction price band: MID PRICE.

ETH

wei

18 decimals

$1,624.95

€1.404e-15

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. Reference transaction price band: HIGH PRICE.

BNB

wei (BSC)

18 decimals

$602.54

€5.205e-16

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

XRP

drop

6 decimals

$1.059

€0.0000009148

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

SOL

lamport

9 decimals

$77.97

€0.0000000674

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

TRX

sun

6 decimals

$0.315538

€0.0000002726

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. LOW PRICE with available bandwidth/resources; unstaked fallback is MID PRICE on the stated example.

HYPE

HyperCore unit / HyperEVM wei

8 / 18 decimals

$63.35

€0.0000005473 (HyperCore); €5.473e-17 (HyperEVM)

P24 adapter must select domain explicitly.

DOGE

koinu / 1e-8 DOGE

8 decimals

$0.070198

€6.064e-10

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ZEC

zatoshi

8 decimals

$419.03

€0.00000362

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. Reference transaction price band: MID PRICE; separate privacy/provenance HOLD remains.

XMR

atomic unit / piconero

12 decimals

$307.14

€2.653e-10

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ADA

lovelace

6 decimals

$0.175003

€0.0000001512

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. Reference transaction price band: MID PRICE.

XLM

stroop

7 decimals

$0.206853

€0.0000000179

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

BCH

satoshi

8 decimals

$203.71

€0.00000176

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

GRAM

nanogram

9 decimals

$1.57

€0.0000000014

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer. Stated reference range spans LOW PRICE to MID PRICE; use live TON estimator.

LTC

litoshi

8 decimals

$42.8

€0.0000003697

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

HBAR

tinybar

8 decimals

$0.072719

€6.282e-10

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

AVAX

wei on C-Chain

18 decimals

$6.37

€5.503e-18

C-Chain precision shown; other Avalanche domains can use different denomination conventions.

SUI

MIST

9 decimals

$0.727269

€6.283e-10

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

NEAR

yoctoNEAR

24 decimals

$1.9

€1.641e-24

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

TAO

rao

9 decimals

$204.94

€0.000000177

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

DOT

Planck

10 decimals

$0.760988

€6.574e-11

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ICP

e8s

8 decimals

$2.17

€0.0000000187

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ETC

wei

18 decimals

$7.02

€6.064e-18

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ATOM

uatom

6 decimals

$1.41

€0.00000122

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

ALGO

microAlgo

6 decimals

$0.079328

€0.0000000685

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

KAS

sompi

8 decimals

$0.03083566

€2.664e-10

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

FIL

attoFIL

18 decimals

$0.748423

€6.465e-19

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

APT

octa

8 decimals

$0.530923

€0.0000000046

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

XTZ

mutez

6 decimals

$0.223958

€0.0000001848

Atomic unit ≠ practical minimum transfer.

Q.2 Standard Native Transfer Economics

The “Indicative EUR cost” is a representative simple-transfer reference, not a promise of future fees and not automatically a 30-day historical average. Evidence A = fixed/current protocol figure or direct official network reference; B = protocol formula or official representative example converted to the Annex P price basis; L = live dynamic estimator required. Where the fee is dynamic, CP-58 requires rolling 30-day median/mean and P95 before ACTIVE consumer use.

Coin

Standard transfer cost basis

Native/reference fee

Indicative EUR cost*

Transaction price band

Evidence

BTC

141 sat @ 1 sat/vB, ~141 vB reference simple P2WPKH transfer

0.00000141 BTC

€0.07847

MID PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

ETH

21,000 gas × 12 gwei official-doc example (10 base + 2 tip); live gas can differ

0.000252 ETH

€0.354

HIGH PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

BNB

21,000 gas × 0.05 gwei priority-floor-only reference; base fee adds dynamically

~0.00000105 BNB floor

€0.0005465

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

XRP

Standard minimum transaction cost reference: 10 drops; can rise under load

0.00001 XRP

€0.0000091

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

SOL

Base fee 5,000 lamports per signature; priority fee may add

0.000005 SOL

€0.0003368

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

TRX

Bandwidth model: can be zero with free/staked Bandwidth; ~270 B fallback example burns ~0.27 TRX

0 to ~0.27 TRX

€0 – €0.0736

LOW PRICE with resources / MID PRICE fallback

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

HYPE

HyperEVM base/priority gas is dynamic; use live eth_gasPrice / transaction simulation

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

DOGE

Recommended 0.01 DOGE/kB; ~192-byte simple example

~0.00192 DOGE

€0.0001164

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

ZEC

ZIP-317 conventional-fee baseline for simple transparent-style transfer; verify action count

~0.0001 ZEC

€0.0362

MID PRICE + P24 HOLD

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

XMR

Dynamic fee by transaction weight and congestion; wallet RPC estimates actual fee

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE + P24 HOLD

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

ADA

Protocol fee = a × tx-size + b; ~0.17 ADA representative simple transfer

~0.17 ADA

€0.0257

MID PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

XLM

Minimum base fee 100 stroops per operation; simple payment = one operation

0.00001 XLM

€0.0000018

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

BCH

Relay-floor reference 1,000 sat/kB; ~192-byte simple transaction

~0.00000192 BCH

€0.0003379

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

GRAM

TON/Gram fee components are dynamic; official example shows ~0.005 gas + 0.01 forwarding; use estimator

~0.005–0.015 GRAM

€0.00678 – €0.02034

LOW-MID PRICE RANGE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

LTC

Litecoin official material describes average transaction fee as below USD 0.01; wallet estimator remains source for live fee

< USD 0.01 equivalent

€0.00864

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

HBAR

Hedera CryptoTransfer base fee for standard single-signature transfer

USD 0.0001 paid in HBAR

€0.0000864

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

AVAX

C-Chain typical simple-transfer cost reference ~USD 0.001; live base fee applies

~USD 0.001 equivalent

€0.0008639

LOW PRICE / C-CHAIN

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

SUI

Official basic-transaction gas example: 1,075,000 MIST net gas fee

~0.001075 SUI

€0.0006754

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

NEAR

Official common-action table at minimum gas price: transfer = 0.000045 NEAR; gas price dynamic by block

0.000045 NEAR

€0.0000739

LOW PRICE / LIVE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

TAO

Substrate-style transaction fee is dynamic; query/preview current chain fee before signing

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

DOT

Weight/length/congestion-dependent extrinsic fee; query paymentInfo / runtime before send

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

ICP

ICP ledger reference fee 10,000 e8s; query icrc1_fee because fee can change at runtime

0.0001 ICP

€0.0001875

LOW PRICE / RESEARCH

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

ETC

EVM transfer = 21,000 gas × live gas price; no static average hard-coded

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

ATOM

Cosmos Hub fee is gas × chosen/accepted gas price; docs show 0.0025 uatom gas-price example

Illustrative ~0.0002 ATOM at 80k gas

€0.0002436

LOW PRICE / LIVE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. B |

ALGO

Protocol minimum transaction fee reference 0.001 ALGO for normal transaction

0.001 ALGO

€0.0000685

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

KAS

Kaspa wiki: current minimum 1 sompi/gram; typical transaction ~0.000023 KAS

~0.000023 KAS

€0.000000613

LOW PRICE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. A |

FIL

Filecoin message fee uses dynamic gas/base-fee/premium model; estimate from live chain

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

APT

gas_used × gas_unit_price + storage; simulate to estimate current transaction cost

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

XTZ

Manager-operation fee/gas/storage is dynamic; wallet/Octez estimates current cost

LIVE

LIVE / n.a.

LIVE PRICE GATE

1.0 bands (unchanged thresholds): LOW < EUR 0.01; MID EUR 0.01-EUR 0.30 inclusive; HIGH > EUR 0.30. L |

On the retained 0.23 reference basis, transaction cost is classified rather than used as a binary exclusion. Most measured networks fall in LOW PRICE (< EUR 0.01). BTC (~EUR 0.078), ZEC (~EUR 0.036) and ADA (~EUR 0.026) fall in MID PRICE; the stated unstaked TRX fallback is also MID PRICE. ETH (~EUR 0.354 on the stated example) falls in HIGH PRICE. GRAM/TON spans LOW to MID on the stated range. Networks with insufficiently stable static evidence remain LIVE PRICE GATE. These bands address transaction economics only and do not override Nostr, Registrar, Split, legal, provenance or privacy gates.

On the retained 0.23 reference basis, transaction cost is classified rather than used as a binary exclusion. Most measured networks fall in LOW PRICE (< EUR 0.01). BTC (~EUR 0.078), ZEC (~EUR 0.036) and ADA (~EUR 0.026) fall in MID PRICE; the stated unstaked TRX fallback is also MID PRICE. ETH (~EUR 0.354 on the stated example) falls in HIGH PRICE. GRAM/TON spans LOW to MID on the stated range. Networks with insufficiently stable static evidence remain LIVE PRICE GATE. These bands address transaction economics only and do not override Nostr, Registrar, Split, legal, provenance or privacy gates.

Q.4 Practical Minimum Is a Separate Metric

Before a coin is selected for merchant or micro-payment use, CP-58 must additionally record minimum output/dust rules, existential deposit or reserve, recipient-account activation, minimum UTXO/state value, storage/rent deposits, fee rebates and the cost of sending to a new account. These constraints can dominate economics even when the raw network fee is tiny.

Primary technical/source basis for Annex Q

• European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates (18 Aug 2026): EUR 1 = USD 1.1576.

• Bitcoin Core RPC fee estimation and standard UTXO fee-rate model; reference simple P2WPKH size used only as an engineering comparator.

• Ethereum.org gas documentation: simple ETH transfer gas and EIP-1559 base/priority fee model.

• BNB Chain fee documentation: EVM gas model and current priority-fee floor mechanics.

• XRP Ledger transaction-cost documentation: drops and standard minimum transaction cost.

• Solana documentation: lamports and base transaction fee per signature.

• TRON Developer Hub: 1 TRX = 1,000,000 sun; Bandwidth/Energy resource model and fallback TRX burn.

• Hyperliquid Docs: HYPE on HyperCore/HyperEVM, weiDecimals and dynamic EVM gas.

• Dogecoin Core fee recommendation/reference policy.

• Cardano Docs: 1 ADA = 1,000,000 lovelace and protocol transaction-fee parameter model.

• Stellar Developers: stroops and per-operation base fee.

• Bitcoin Cash Node / protocol fee policy: satoshi-based relay fee reference.

• TON Docs: Gram native currency, nanograms, fee estimation and forwarding/gas components.

• Litecoin official materials: low transaction fee / wallet estimator guidance.

• Hedera Docs: CryptoTransfer base fee USD 0.0001 paid in HBAR.

• Avalanche Builder Hub: C-Chain EVM gas/AVAX fee mechanics.

• Sui Docs: MIST and gas-budget/reference-gas-price examples.

• NEAR Docs: yoctoNEAR, dynamic gas price and common-action transfer cost table.

• Polkadot Developer Docs: Planck and runtime/paymentInfo fee estimation.

• Internet Computer Docs: ICP e8s and icrc1_fee; ICP reference ledger fee 10,000 e8s.

• Cosmos Hub Docs: uatom and gas-price based transaction fee configuration.

• Algorand developer documentation: microAlgo and protocol minimum transaction fee.

• Kaspa Wiki/protocol documentation: sompi and current fee-rate/typical transaction reference.

• Filecoin Docs: attoFIL and dynamic gas fee model.

• Aptos Docs: octas, gas_used × gas_unit_price and simulation.

• Tezos Docs: mutez and manager-operation fee mechanics.

• Monero official wallet RPC/user guides: 1 XMR = 1e12 atomic units and weight/congestion-dependent fee estimation.

• Zcash ZIP-317 fee standard: zatoshi/action-based conventional fee model.