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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions scripts/verify-prices.ts
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Expand Up @@ -289,10 +289,14 @@ console.log(
);
if (solCheaper) {
console.log(
" Solana charges no transaction fee, so it is cheaper by exactly that amount.\n" +
" Safe for the budget gate (we reserve the Base figure), but every flat price\n" +
" published in skills/ and the tool descriptions quotes ONE number, which is\n" +
" the Base one. Align the gateways or qualify the docs — do not leave both.",
" Solana charges no transaction fee — DELIBERATE pricing (owner decision,\n" +
" 2026-08-08): Solana is meant to run ~$0.001 cheaper per call as an\n" +
" incentive to settle there. Do not \"fix\" this by aligning the gateways.\n" +
" Safe for the budget gate (we reserve the Base figure, the higher one).\n" +
" Published flat prices are Base prices, qualified once in skills/blockrun.\n" +
" The invariant this sweep enforces is direction only: Solana DEARER than\n" +
" Base is a bug and fails the gate, because an agent can switch chains\n" +
" mid-session while the estimators reserve the Base figure.",
);
}
if (solMissing) {
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions skills/blockrun/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ The tool descriptions in the MCP server carry current prices too; they are gener
`blockrun_wallet action: "chain"` switches between them mid-session. Two consequences,
both easy to miss because nothing announces the switch:

**Prices differ.** Every figure in these skills is the **Base** price. Base adds a flat
per-transaction fee; Solana currently adds none, so the same call runs about $0.001
cheaper there. Each gateway's own `llms.txt` quotes its own convention — read the one for
the chain you are on, or just read the 402.
**Prices differ, on purpose.** Every figure in these skills is the **Base** price. Base
adds a flat per-transaction fee; Solana deliberately adds none — the ~$0.001-per-call gap
is pricing policy (an incentive to settle on Solana), not drift, so do not expect it to be
"fixed". Each gateway's own `llms.txt` quotes its own convention — read the one for the
chain you are on, or just read the 402.

**Some tools do not exist on Solana at all.** Verified against both gateways
2026-08-07:
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