Pool network fees

Understanding network fees for pool operations.

Orca’s innovative of adoption of tokenExtension NFTs for holding pool position information has delivered a virtually cost free LP experience for our users. You can read more about this in our Medium blog post. Orca does not charge fees to create a pool, nor to create a position in an existing pool. However, network and rent fees are payable and if the Match deposit ratio function is used trading fees and network fees will also be payable on that transaction. Fees paid to mint the pool poition NFT and open associated accounts are refunded when the position is paid. On occasion a network fee may still be charged to open store a TickArray, necessary for your selected range, these are not refundable Users of the SDK can also openPosition without Metadata - for details, reach out via the Support function in the wallet menu, or on Discord or Telegram.

Solana Network Fees

Network / Rent Fee	Typical SOL value	Refundable
Position creation rent fees	0.0088	Yes
Network Fee (non-SOL transaction¹)³	0.000010	No
Network Fee (SOL transaction²)³	0.000005	No
Priority Network Fee³	variable⁵	No
(uncommon) Account to store a TickArray⁴	0.07	No

¹ Where SOL is not tokenA or tokenB in a transaction. ² Where SOL is tokenA or tokenB in a transaction. ³ Network fees are paid per number of signers utilized in the transaction. ⁴ This fee is not common, and occurs in specific circumstances, it is possible for this fee to be charged twice with certain selected ranges, please see here for more detail. ⁵ Priority fees will vary depending on network state, note your wallet may also apply a priority fee.

Pool Creation Fees

When you create a new pool there will be additional fees to pay, as well as applicable fees from above. These fees will vary depending on the fee rate selected and the chosen Price range for initial deposit. The cost will be higher if more TickArrays need to be initialized. Tick size is proportional to fee rate, creation costs will be higher for a wider range on a lower fee rate pool. The UI will provide an estimate of fees.