Fees explained: platform commission vs network fee, and who pays

Three costs, one word

When less arrives than was sent, players say the fee ate it. Behind that sentence sit at least three separate things with three different recipients: what the blockchain charges to move the transaction, what the platform charges to process the operation where such a charge applies, and the mathematical edge built into the rules of every game. The first two appear in the cashier. The third is silent and usually costs more than both.

The network fee is paid by the sender

Every blockchain transaction costs money, and that money goes to miners or validators rather than to the service at the other end. Whoever initiates the transfer pays it.

• Deposits. You send funds from your own wallet or an exchange to the personal address issued in the cashier. Your wallet or exchange deducts the sending fee. The account is credited with what actually arrived, once the network confirmations are in.
• Withdrawals. The platform initiates the transfer, but the payment still travels the same network, and the network's charge is part of the cost of the operation either way.

This fee tracks network congestion, not the size of your transfer. That is where minimum transfer amounts come from: a payment that costs more than it moves serves nobody. Tonza supports 19 cryptocurrencies, and the cost of moving them varies noticeably from chain to chain, so comparing before sending is worth a minute. Individual coin pages sit at addresses such as BTC, USDT and LTC.

The platform commission is payment for processing

This is what a service keeps for handling an operation on its own books. Two points matter here. First, a platform commission and a network fee are not interchangeable, and merging them into one imaginary percentage is misleading: the former follows the service rules, the latter floats with the chain. Second, a commission buys no speed. Every withdrawal request is reviewed by an operator, and that review is procedure rather than a paid option.

The cashier shows the current terms for your coin and the resulting amount before you confirm a request. If something does not match your expectation, raise it in the on-site chat, through @TonzaSupportBot or at [email protected] — before sending, not afterwards.

The third cost: the house edge

The largest expense a player carries is never labelled a fee and never appears on a separate line. It is the gap between 100% and the stated RTP of the game.

Turnover means the sum of all bets, not the size of a deposit: a hundred bets of 10 USD produce 1000 USD of turnover even if the balance barely moves. The figures describe long-run expectation. Any single session can land anywhere, but the sign of that expectation does not change with a staking system or a bet size. In games where the player makes decisions — blackjack and mines — the stated RTP describes error-free play, and mistakes widen the edge. Individual rounds can be recalculated on the provably fair page, and the game parameters are listed in the Originals section.

Where a bonus hides its price

Wagering is a cost too, expressed in turnover instead of currency. The 40x multiplier applies to the bonus amount: a 100 USD bonus means 4000 USD of bets, and bets count towards it regardless of whether they win or lose. With the 5 USD cap on every bet that is at least 800 rounds inside seven days. The expected cost of that turnover depends on the game: near 160 USD at a 4% edge, near 20 USD at 0.5%. Bonus funds are staked in Originals only, and the welcome series is capped at 2500 USD in total. Full terms are on the bonus page.

A short checklist before you send

1. Compare transfer costs across networks before sending, not after the credit lands.
2. Where a minimum is stated for the coin, make sure your amount clears it, otherwise the fee takes a visible share.
3. Verify the address and the network twice: the transaction cannot be reversed.
4. Splitting one large transfer into many small ones is poor economics — the network fee applies to each.