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# Low fees

### 💸 Low Fees

BindowsCash is built with the user in mind — privacy shouldn’t come at a high cost. That’s why the protocol charges **minimal fees** to keep the service accessible while sustaining the infrastructure.

#### 🛠️ Fee Structure

* **1% fee forever**

During the deposit/withdrawal process, there will be 1% fee.\
This fee is divided in two parts:\
   1\) 50% of that fee is used to fund the $BINDOWS staking pool\
   2\) 50% of that fee is allocated to development funds.\
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*For example: a user depositing and later withdrawing from the 1 BNB pool will pay only **\~0.01 BNB** in total fees — significantly lower than centralized solutions or bridges.*

#### 🔍 Transparent & Predictable

* Fees are fixed and publicly visible.
* No hidden charges, no slippage, no dynamic rates.
* The fee policy is hardcoded in the smart contract and cannot be changed by the protocol owner, avoiding rugs/hacks.

#### 🧭 Why fees at all?

* **To fund the stakers that help the protocol to grow**
* **To cover gas and operational costs**
* **To support protocol maintenance and future upgrades**
* **To deter spam and malicious usage**
* **To incentivize future relayers or privacy layer contributors**