rent_paid

Definition and usage guidance for the growthepie rent_paid metric.

rent_paid measures Rent Paid to L1. Use rent_paid when you want the cost side of a chain's relationship with the base layer rather than the gross fees paid by users.

Key Facts

• Canonical metric_id: rent_paid

• Canonical metric_key values: rent_paid_usd, rent_paid_eth

• Unit: USD and ETH

• Hourly detail available: no

• Coverage: see master.json.metrics.rent_paid.supported_chains

• Common search synonyms: L1 rent, settlement cost

Example Request

curl -s https://api.growthepie.com/v1/export/rent_paid.json

Example Response Excerpt

[
  {
    "metric_key": "rent_paid_usd",
    "origin_key": "optimism",
    "date": "2026-03-01",
    "value": 84521.33
  },
  {
    "metric_key": "rent_paid_eth",
    "origin_key": "optimism",
    "date": "2026-03-01",
    "value": 27.58
  }
]

When To Use rent_paid

• Compare L1-related cost burden across chains

• Pair cost-side analysis with fees and profit

When Not To Use rent_paid

• You need gross user-paid fees

• You need app-level revenue

Caveats

• rent_paid is not a usage metric.

• In the backend metric registry, this metric is configured with missing-date fill behavior in some derived views.

Related Pages

• fees

• profit