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Users may pay network fees based on estimates that exceed Coinbase's real cost, meaning Coinbase could retain the difference as a result of batching efficiency.
Interpretive note: The excerpt identifies potential efficiency gains from batching as context but does not establish a legal obligation or right related to any fee differential retained; that consequence is implied rather than stated.
The updated fee schedule removes the pre-published 1% fee for instant unstaking and instead discloses the fee only at the moment a user requests to unstake. This means users can no longer review the exact cost before initiating a transaction through the published schedule. The revision also explicitly includes converting a pending standard unstake to an instant unstake as a fee-triggering action. No fee continues to apply if a user waits for the full unbonding period.
View change record →Your estimated network fee contribution may be higher than the actual network cost Coinbase incurs when your transaction is batched with others.
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"Due to potential efficiency gains from batching transactions, the aggregate amount of estimated network fees paid by users within a given batch may exceed the final network fee paid by Coinbase.Excerpt from Coinbase's Fee Schedule
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Users may pay network fees based on estimates that exceed Coinbase's real cost, meaning Coinbase could retain the difference as a result of batching efficiency.
Your estimated network fee contribution may be higher than the actual network cost Coinbase incurs when your transaction is batched with others.
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