OctopusbridgeOctopusbridge transfer fees
Historical Octus Bridge transfer costs varied with the networks involved and the way Everscale gas was funded. Credit gas converted part of the user’s tokens into EVER for an Everscale release, and the V2 vault design allowed deposit and withdrawal fees to be adjusted.
Broxus’s September 23, 2026 infrastructure notice scheduled the end of its Everscale-related Octus Bridge infrastructure for September 29, 2026. Transfer availability and live fees after that deadline are unconfirmed.
Network gas depended on the route
Transfer costs included charges on the networks involved. Octus Bridge’s historical fee guidance described Everscale contract interactions as inexpensive and expected Ethereum interactions to carry the largest fees under the market conditions it described. Low Everscale gas costs therefore left the cost of Ethereum interactions in place on routes that used Ethereum.
EVER was the native token used to pay Everscale gas. Acquiring EVER addressed that network’s gas requirement; it did not settle charges for transactions on other networks.
Existing EVER and Credit gas compared
In the historical EVER Wallet flow, users needed EVER in the wallet to fund an Everscale release. The two funding approaches differed in where that EVER came from.
| Gas funding approach | Funding source and requirement |
|---|---|
| Existing EVER balance | Gas drew on EVER already held in EVER Wallet. The wallet needed enough EVER to pay for the Everscale release. |
| Credit gas | When available for the transfer, the option automatically exchanged a portion of the user’s tokens for EVER and sent the EVER to EVER Wallet to fund the release. |
Credit gas changed the assets used to fund Everscale gas. For cost accounting, distinguish the tokens exchanged, the EVER credited to the wallet, and the EVER actually consumed as gas. The full credited balance cannot automatically be treated as a network fee, and the same gas expenditure should not be counted twice through both its funding conversion and its payment.
V2 vault charges had their own settings
The Octus Bridge V2 Litepaper gave the Management role authority to change vault deposit and withdrawal fees. A comparison therefore needed the configuration of the particular vault at the relevant time. That permission alone established neither a common fee percentage for every vault nor a charge on every transfer.
What a complete cost comparison needs
A comparison between existing EVER and Credit gas needs the same source network, destination network, token, transfer amount, and time window. The total must account for network gas and any applicable vault charge, with the Credit gas conversion reconciled against the EVER that it funded.
The historical descriptions establish how the funding methods differed, but supply no fixed conversion rate or universal all-in transfer price. A numerical comparison requires the applicable gas amounts, conversion terms, and vault fee settings. Credit gas availability alone does not establish a lower total cost.