# Another way to utilise network fees: 2 Tiers of RPC **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions to AuroraDAO\ **Tags:** auroradao, proposals\ **Created:** [February 6, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177 "2022-02-06T23:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vadim.near](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vadim.near](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/vadim.near)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/1 "2022-02-06T23:45:19Z")
**Proposal regarding 0 fees issue to help onboarding users and empower AURORA DAO** Aurora DAO may vote and nominate a set of primary contracts with proper gas/storage efficiency where 0 fee would still be available. - introduce 2 Aurora RPCs: `Free/Tier1` and `Common/Tier2` . - allow high-quality dapps nominated by DAO to use `Free/Tier1` Aurora RPC on their UI (and revert free txs on that RPC for other contracts). `Common/Tier2` accepts everything for fees. - Metamask will switch RPC seamless it will cost only 1 predictable click, but users will switch network anyway as they are doing stuff on Ethereum and L2s. - this may grant a real power to Aurora DAO. It could became a kind of parachain auction on Polkadot, when dApp users will try to push their favourite app to the Tier1 RPC ---
**Author:** ![marcelo.near](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/marcelo.near/32/66_2.png) [@marcelo.near](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/marcelo.near)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/2 "2022-02-22T02:22:55Z")
There is an ongoing effort to implement a similar solution. Note that you actually don’t need two different endpoints, as long as the one endpoint has enough capacity to deal with everything. The RPC will drop txs that pay no gas for “Tier2” applications. ---
**Author:** ![Farhan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/farhan/32/5435_2.png) [@Farhan](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Farhan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/3 "2025-08-20T15:49:29Z")
How do I know if my RPC provider is reliable? ---
**Author:** ![Eira\_hope11](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/eira_hope11/32/5436_2.png) [@Eira\_hope11](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Eira_hope11)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/4 "2025-08-25T07:36:48Z")
Depends on traffic. Public RPC work for light use, but paid ones offer better reliability under load ---
**Author:** ![Olivia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Olivia](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Olivia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/5 "2025-09-01T15:22:53Z")
How would Aurora dao practically evaluate and nominate which dApps/contracts qualify for the Free Tier1 RPC? Would there be objective criteria (usage, audits, efficiency) or purely voting? ---
**Author:** ![adriana\_steele1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/adriana_steele1/32/5437_2.png) [@adriana\_steele1](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/adriana_steele1)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/another-way-to-utilise-network-fees-2-tiers-of-rpc/177/6 "2025-09-01T15:23:11Z")
I tested both using CompareNodes. Paid RPCs consistently outperformed public ones in high load tests