> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.alienbase.xyz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.alienbase.xyz/reference/fees.md). # Fees This page lists every fee charged anywhere on Alien Base, what it pays for, and where the value flows. > *Last updated: July 6, 2026.* ## TL;DR * Alien Base charges **no buy/sell taxes** on the ALB token. * Liquidity providers earn pool fees directly. **esALB stakers** earn a share of protocol fees as **Real Yield in WETH** and other liquid assets. * The platform itself takes only what's needed to fund the operating budget approved by the DAO. ## At a glance | Product | Fee | Where it goes | | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | **V2 swap** (pool fee) | **0.16%** | LPs | | **V3 swap** (pool fee) | **7 fee tiers** (see below) | **50% LPs / 50% esALB stakers** | | **Swap** (platform fee) | **0.01% / 0.05% / 0.15%** (stables / blue chips / other) + 0.05% Protocol | Treasury / esALB | | **Limit / Take Profit** orders | **0.01% / 0.05% / 0.10%** (stables / blue chips / other) + 0.05% Protocol | Treasury / esALB | | **Stop Loss / Stop Buy / Trailing Stop** orders | **0.10% / 0.20% / 0.45%** (stables / blue chips / other) + 0.05% Protocol | Treasury / esALB | | **DCA** orders (per chunk) | **0.01% / 0.10% / 0.20%** (stables / blue chips / other) + 0.05% Protocol | Treasury / esALB | | **Token Generator** | **0.015 ETH** per token mint | Operating budget | | Liquidity ops (add / remove / claim) | None | — | | Locking ALB → esALB | None | — | | Unlocking esALB → ALB | None | — | > The **Protocol execution fee** is a flat **0.05%** charged on top of the platform fee for every trade executed through Epsilon — swaps and resting orders alike. ## Trading fees ### V2 swaps * **0.16% per swap** in standard V2 pools, paid by the taker. * **Distribution:** flows to LPs in-pool and esALB holders. ### V3 (Concentrated Liquidity) swaps V3 uses fee tiers. Each pool is created with a fixed tier: | Tier | Best for | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | **0.01%** | Tightly-pegged stablecoin pairs (USDC/USDbC, USDC/USDT) | | **0.02%** | Standard stablecoin pairs | | **0.03%** | LSDs and very-blue-chip volatile pairs (ETH/cbETH) | | **0.04%** | Wider-spread stable / LSD pairs | | **0.075%** | Blue chips (ETH, BTC and wrapped variants) | | **0.30%** | Mid-cap and standard tokens | | **1.00%** | Small-cap and memecoin pairs | The wide tier ladder lets each pool choose the fee that matches its volatility. Tighter pegs use the lower tiers; volatile pairs use the higher tiers. **Distribution:** **50% to LPs** in-pool, **50% to esALB stakers** as Real Yield. esALB Real Yield is paid in WETH (and select underlying tokens / stablecoins). ### Swap platform fee (Epsilon) Every swap executed through [Epsilon](/trading/epsilon.md) pays a small platform fee on top of the underlying pool fees, tiered by asset class, plus the flat Matcher execution fee: | Asset class | Platform fee | + Protocol | Total | | ------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | | Stables | 0.01% | 0.05% | **0.06%** | | Blue chips (ETH, BTC and wrapped variants) | 0.05% | 0.05% | **0.10%** | | Everything else | 0.15% | 0.05% | **0.20%** | In nearly every case the fee is significantly less than the price improvement Epsilon captures by aggregating the entire chain. **Distribution:** routed to the Treasury, with the bulk going to the esALB Real Yield stream. ### Epsilon Router orders (Limit / Stop / Trailing Stop / DCA) Resting orders live in the on-chain [Epsilon Router](/trading/epsilon.md#the-epsilon-router) and are executed by the Matcher when their trigger fires. Fees are tiered by the asset class of the traded pair; every execution also pays the flat **0.05% Protocol fee**: | Order type | Stables | Blue chips (ETH, BTC) | Everything else | | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------- | --------------- | | **Limit / Take Profit** | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.10% | | **Stop Loss / Stop Buy / Trailing Stop / DCA stop-loss** | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.45% | | **DCA chunk** | 0.01% | 0.10% | 0.20% | | *+ Protocol execution fee (all of the above)* | *0.05%* | *0.05%* | *0.05%* | Stop-style orders cost more than plain limit orders because the Matcher must monitor and execute them under adverse, fast-moving market conditions. On top of the order fee, each fill pays the underlying pool fee of whichever venue the Matcher routes through (exactly like a swap placed at that moment), and your slippage setting applies at execution time. **Gas:** you pay gas for approving token spend; order creation is gasless and execution gas is handled by the Matcher (funded by its fee). **Distribution:** routed to the Treasury / esALB Real Yield stream. ### Deprecated: Carbon orders Carbon-powered Limit / Range / Recurring orders (deprecated July 2026) charged **0.40% on the executed trade** on top of the maker's spread. Existing Carbon orders remain withdrawable; see [Archive — Carbon Orders](/archive/carbon-orders.md). ## Liquidity provision There are no fees to add or remove liquidity beyond gas. Specifically: * **No deposit fees** on V2 farms (the deposit-fee parameter is permanently set to zero post-launch). * **No withdraw fees** on farms. * **No performance fee** on Bunni-wrapped V3 positions. Vaults that auto-compound (Bunni and future Mothership-managed vaults) collect fees inside the AMM pool and increase the LP token's redemption value over time; there is no on-claim performance fee taken at the vault layer. ## ALB locking & vesting * **Locking ALB → esALB:** free. 1:1. * **Unlocking esALB → ALB:** * 30-day full unlock: free, no penalty. Vested position continues to earn at a 30%-reduced APR until redemption. * 1% every 12 hours: free, instant. * Redemption window: 7 days after the 30-day vesting completes — if not claimed in 7 days, the position auto-relocks for another 30 days. * **Vesting (multi-year):** the AIP-4 / VestingFactory streams have no user-facing fee; they are an internal accounting facility for team / DAO contributors. ## Token Generator * **Deployment fee:** **0.015 ETH per token**, regardless of template. * The fee is paid in ETH at deploy time and is non-refundable. * The deployment fee funds the operating budget; an explicit per-template breakdown is not maintained. If your generated token uses the **Tax** template, your token's own buy/sell taxes are independent of any Alien Base fee — the Tax token implements its own taxation logic, payable to the addresses you set. ## Where the protocol's share goes Per **AIP-3** and **ADIP-01**, the protocol's share of fees (V3 50% staker share, Epsilon front-end, Epsilon Router order fees, Token Generator) flows to: 1. **Real Yield to esALB holders** in WETH and protocol tokens — this is the largest line. 2. **DAO operating budget** (audits, infrastructure, marketing, legal, dev allowances) — set as a USDC and ALB allocation per cycle, not as a percentage. 3. **Protocol-Owned Liquidity (POL)** — building treasury liquidity that earns yield → buyback-and-burn ALB (ramping under [AIP-5](https://snapshot.org/#/alienbase-dex.eth/proposal/0x9328ecc5a0d2527a1e73fd30085e7ba2120a985b7782ce843f15ee2ddf38ca63)). The most recent published dollar allocations are defined in [ADIP-01](https://snapshot.org/#/alienbase-dex.eth/proposal/0xae936ad8ddb58b90128ff8da95bb6edded6188ba4c87f2ea724d771cfcc17cac) (Sept 2025 → Feb 2026); team funding is transitioning to the AIP-5 Line-of-Credit model. ## Historical fee changes | Date | Change | Source | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 2023-08-08 | Launch with **0.16% V2 swap fee**. | [Roadmap for Aliens](https://medium.com/@alienbase/the-roadmap-for-aliens-c84a86d337cc) | | 2023-11-27 | V3 launches with concentrated-liquidity fee tiers; AIP-2 establishes the LP / staker fee-sharing structure (originally 60/40, later normalized to 50/50). | [AIP-2](https://snapshot.org/#/alienbase-dex.eth/proposal/0xea788bd0daf9fb61acb0199874abc56f9c871cc2e117c3c1c11a45ba1ced7f52) | | 2024-Q3 | Carbon Limit / Range / Recurring orders launch. | [Carbon DeFi blog](https://www.carbondefi.xyz/blog/alien-base-is-the-first-to-integrate-bancor-technologies-directly-into-its-dex) | | 2024-Q4 | Real Yield in WETH activated for esALB stakers. | [AIP-3](https://medium.com/@alienbase/aip-3-establishing-dao-budget-for-2nd-halving-cycle-8092e0039cfd) | | 2024-11 | Epsilon adds Odos with a **0% Epsilon fee promo** for an initial period. | [Epsilon Upgrade](https://medium.com/@alienbase/epsilon-upgrade-odos-integration-and-introduction-to-epsilon-analytics-66b779bf9912) | | 2025-06 | Third halving — yearly inflation cut 30% → 15%; fee structure unchanged. | [AIP-4](https://snapshot.org/#/alienbase-dex.eth/proposal/0x3e1f7e1841389638f6fda99baefd61331cf711fdc7f4649ad96713c25a747826) | | 2026-04 | AIP-5 ratifies replacing fixed halvings with flexible emissions + persistent buybacks. | [AIP-5](https://medium.com/@alienbase/aip-5-building-alien-base-2-0-96dc24984cd2) | | Current | Epsilon Router launch. Carbon orders (0.40%) deprecated. New tiered schedule: swaps 0.01/0.05/0.15%, Limit/TP 0.01/0.05/0.10%, Stop/Trailing 0.10/0.20/0.45%, DCA 0.01/0.10/0.20%, all + 0.05% Protocol. Former Epsilon front-end fee (0.03%/0.20%, non-native only) retired. | [Changelog](/changelog.md) |