# Adding a network usage fee

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/adding-a-network-usage-fee/3295>\
**Category:** Cosmos-SDK\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/adding-a-network-usage-fee/3295 "2020-02-14T08:26:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/adding-a-network-usage-fee/3295/1 "2020-02-14T08:26:37Z")

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Ok, so this might get some nasty messages on how centralized this idea is, and/or how it violates one or more basic tenets of Cosmos and blockchains. So I will ask what some already know, and some are wondering about.

How would I add a network usage fee/“tax” to my Cosmos application chain?

This could be compared to the community pool, except that the funds for this “usage tax” goto a specified Cosmos wallet.

How the % rate and the actual wallet address is set might be a whole other topic, but for simplicity, perhaps we hard code these (blasphemy!) or they go inside the genesis file.

Any examples of this already being done?

Thanks.