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# Fees

> The bridge fee: who pays it, who earns it, and when it's charged

Each trade pays a **bridge fee** in two parts:

| Part | Rate | Goes to |
| - | - | - |
| LP fee | 0.3% | the Maker. It stays in the Maker's ad as liquidity. |
| Protocol fee | 0.2% | the protocol fee pool |

The rates are set per deployment. Each part is capped at 1% by the
contracts.

## Who pays

The fee comes out of the **Bridger's payout**, on the ad chain. The
Bridger deposits the full amount and receives the amount less 0.5%. The
Maker receives the Bridger's full deposit on the order chain, and keeps
the LP fee in the ad.

The app shows the split before you bridge: what you pay, the fee and what
you receive.

**Example:** you bridge 100 PB. You deposit 100 PB on the order chain and
receive 99.5 PB on the ad chain. 0.3 PB stays in the Maker's ad, and 0.2
PB goes to the fee pool.

Both parts round down, so any rounding dust stays with the Bridger.

## The fee is part of the order

The two rates are fields of the [order](https://docs.pfbridge.xyz/v3/concepts/order-hashing.md) both
parties sign. A trade is always charged exactly the fee it was opened
with. If the live rates change between the Bridger's deposit and the
Maker's lock, the lock is refused, and the order is refunded in full once
its deadline passes.

## When no fee is charged

* **Cancels and refunds:** no fee. The Bridger's deposit comes back in
  full, and the Maker's lock returns to the ad.
* **A dispute ruled "mutual refund" or "bridger forfeit":** no fee.
* **A dispute ruled "maker forfeit":** the Bridger is paid out less the
  protocol fee only; there is no LP fee, since the Maker forfeited.

See [Cancels and refunds](https://docs.pfbridge.xyz/v3/concepts/cancels-and-refunds.md) and
[Disputes](https://docs.pfbridge.xyz/v3/concepts/disputes.md).


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