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This provision establishes Coinbase's pricing mechanism and specifies that fee calculations are transaction-specific rather than uniform. The disclosure requirement at execution point creates the operational condition under which users confirm the transaction with knowledge of the actual fee due.
Users are subject to fees determined by Coinbase's tiered structure, with the actual fee amount disclosed before transaction completion. The terms require users to accept the disclosed fee at the time of transaction execution, and any prior estimates are not binding on the final fee charged.
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This provision establishes Coinbase's pricing mechanism and specifies that fee calculations are transaction-specific rather than uniform. The disclosure requirement at execution point creates the operational condition under which users confirm the transaction with knowledge of the actual fee due.
Users are subject to fees determined by Coinbase's tiered structure, with the actual fee amount disclosed before transaction completion. The terms require users to accept the disclosed fee at the time of transaction execution, and any prior estimates are not binding on the final fee charged.
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