# Quadratic Pricing for Namespaces

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**Category:** Research\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.celestia.org/t/quadratic-pricing-for-namespaces/63 "2021-09-15T12:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![decanus](https://forum.celestia.org/user_avatar/forum.celestia.org/decanus/32/36_2.png) [@decanus](https://forum.celestia.org/u/decanus)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.celestia.org/t/quadratic-pricing-for-namespaces/63/2 "2021-09-15T13:33:49Z")

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Not that I have given the formula much thought of exactly the best method to price. But I’d consider something like:

msg\_cost = (p\*k^2) + (2^{log(l)})

Where l is the last msg\_cost of the last block.

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