L1 Cost Estimator

[martineckardt]

Build prototype in Google Sheets here first.

Build a simple estimator for the monthly cost to maintain a self-hosted L1 based on some inputs:

• number of validators
• P-Chain fee for a validator
• Indexer Yes/No
• Throughput (gas/second)
• Users (?)
• ...

Then compute costs:

• hosting cost Validator (dependent of number and throughput)
• hosting cost AWM Relayer
• hosting cost of Indexer (throughput)
• AVAX per month
• ...

Competitive Analysis

• what would it cost to execute the amount of gas per month on C-Chain / Ethereum / ...? Fetch min/max gas price of the past 3/6/12 months and convert to USD using the AVAX / ETH price of that day
• what would it cost to achieve this throughput on a L2? (Not sure if we want to do that)