| rskip | title | description | status | purpose | author | layer | complexity | created |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
109 |
Lower Storage Gas Costs for Shorter Keys |
Draft |
Sca, Usa |
SDL (@sergiodemianlerner) |
2 |
2019 |
| RSKIP | 109 |
|---|---|
| Title | Lower Storage Gas Costs for Shorter Keys |
| Created | 2019 |
| Author | SDL |
| Layer | Sca, Usa |
| Complexity | 2 |
| Status | Draft |
The RSKIP108 specifies a new method to compress storage cell keys for the Unitrie. A new gas cost scheme is required to incentivize users to use shorter keys, and therefore reduce full node requirements.
The new gas cost for creating a new storage cell is changed from 20k to:
newCellCost = 5000 + size_cost size_cost = 230*(keyBytes+dataBytes)
This is the SET cost (zero to non-zero). As 0x00 is trimmed to 0x00, the minimum value for keyBytes is 1, and the minimum value for dataBytes is 1.
The maximum SET cost is: 19720
The minimum SET cost is: 5460
When a cell value is changed, the cost of the keyBytes stay constant, but the cost of dataBytes can change. Therefore both the REFUND value and the RESET (non-zero to non-zero) cost must be modified.
Any change attempt that does not modify the value has a cost of 200 (similar to SLOAD). For instance zero to zero, or A to A. Will call this new cost the UNCHANGE cost.
The REFUND value is computed as SET cost minus 5000. (Maximum 14720, minimum 460).
The CLEAR cost (from non-zero to zero) is still computed as 5000.
The RESET cost now only accounts for value changes from a non-zero value to a different non-zero value. This has a base cost of 5000 plus the difference between new cell costs and old cell cost (maximum 12130, minimum 5000).
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