docs: add Base Fee Model section to fee specification#30
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Add documentation explaining Tempo's fixed base fee model: - Fixed base fee vs EIP-1559 dynamic fees - Target cost of $0.001 for TIP-20 transfers - Congestion management via payment lanes, priority fees, and gas limits Also adds title to frontmatter for SEO.
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- Add explicit note that Tempo has no native token and fees are USD-denominated - Clarify that this removes need to hold volatile assets for gas - Expand base fee model to explain predictable unit economics for applications - Add detail on payment lanes preventing crowding from other network activity
- Specify ~94% blockspace reserved for payments, 6% for general computation - Note allocation is conservative and may increase as throughput scales - Clarify that general congestion cannot affect payment throughput or fees
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| - **Payment lanes**: Reserved blockspace for TIP-20 transfers as specified in the [Payment Lane Specification](/protocol/blockspace/payment-lane-specification). Approximately 94% of blockspace is reserved for payment transactions, with the remaining 6% available for general computation. This allocation is conservative and may increase over time as total throughput scales. |
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consider "This allocation is conservative and the blockspace available for general computation may increase over time as total throughput scales."
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Adds a Base Fee Model subsection to the fee specification page.
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This addresses the documentation gap around how Tempo handles congestion with fixed fees, which came up during RFP preparation.