# SSV Should Increase its Revenue Network fee to 10%

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**Created:** [August 16, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-should-increase-its-revenue-network-fee-to-10/1997 "2025-08-16T19:31:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![alonmuroch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@alonmuroch](https://forum.ssv.network/u/alonmuroch)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-should-increase-its-revenue-network-fee-to-10/1997/37 "2025-10-08T06:04:18Z")

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I think Coinbase is an outlier compared to the rest of the industry:

- Binance – 10%
- Lido – 10%
- Kraken – 16%

If the network fee becomes 10%, we’ll effectively be taking ~3.5% net negative out of the staking service providers’ margins (6.5% IM – 10% network fee).  
That’s specifically for private operators.

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### Fee Optimization with **Trusted Clusters (TC)**

- Currently, the minimum liquidation collateral is [1.53 SSV](https://snapshot.box/#/s:mainnet.ssvnetwork.eth/proposal/0x5ab8383681f4efec61c1e89388477e18de3f1b9a34ce1fef001e55043a8f3273)
- The yearly network fee is ~3.25 SSV
- Total yearly cost for a single validator = 3.25 + 1.53 = **4.78 SSV**
- The minimum liquidation collateral is a system overhead that can be optimized with Trusted Clusters
- TC can abstract the fee token entirely (e.g., paying network fees in ETH, USDC, etc.)

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### How It Works

- A TC pays network fees **off-chain** via a legal agreement with the Foundation
- Designed for large cluster operators
- Requires **no liquidation collateral**
- Payments can be made in **any token**
- It reduces SSV price volatility for larger operators (and liquidation risk)
- We can charge a **higher fee** for this convenience (e.g., ~1.5%)

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If we can onboard a meaningful number of clusters under the TC model, this could generate an additional **$2–3M in annual fees** for the DAO.

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