How are Ripple transaction fees “destroyed?”

Question

What is the exact process by which the transaction fees are "destroyed?" Are they sent to a special account, or simply erased from the ledger?

Manish · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-27 23:55:49Z

2

The sender's account is debited the transaction fee, but no other account is credited the same amount.

Manish

1,97217 silver badges31 bronze badges

answered Apr 27 '13 at 7:10

Alex Kravets

5182 silver badges9 bronze badges

2

In addition, the total_coins field in the ledger header is decremented. – David Schwartz Apr 27 '13 at 8:30

add a comment |

1 Answer 1