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Most people comparing rollups look at ordering speed, missing that what actually determines the fee they'll pay is data availability, which makes up 95% of the cost. This unnoticed war matters more than whose execution environment is faster.
Patrick Moore
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September 05, 2026
When most people discuss rollup performance, they focus on how fast ordering is or how reliable settlement is — few pay attention to a hidden layer that makes up the overwhelming majority of a Rollup's cost: data availability (DA). According to figures disclosed by Celestia, data availability makes up roughly 95% of a rollup's total cost — meaning which DA layer a rollup chooses to publish its...