SKALE Chain FUEL
SKALE Chains enable dApps to run scalable, cost-free transactions. This provides an effective way to scale your dApp not only for speed but also to scale economically. SKALE Chains do require sFUEL to conduct transactions – this sFUEL is a gas token with no economic value and provides a way for dApps to facilitate permissive access to SKALE Chains and protects against DDoS attacks.
There are a few ways developers can manage and allocate SKALE FUEL (sFUEL), depending on your setup.
sFUEL on SKALE SDKs
For SKALE SDKs, an account is pre-allocated with SKALE FUEL (sFUEL). You can use this for conducting transactions, sending to users on your SKALE Chain, and more. See the README in the respective SDK for the pre-allocated account, or check your .env file setup.
sFUEL on Mainnet and Dappnet SKALE Chains
For Mainnet and Dappnet, the SKALE Chain owner account is provided sFUEL for the SKALE Chain. From this account, the owner can fund contracts, end-user accounts, conduct transactions, etc. When end-users complete transactions and spend gas, the coinbase account is refunded with sFUEL. The coinbase account for SKALE Chains is the SKALE Owner account.