How does batching transactions reduce costs in USDC-based settlement for compost supply chains?

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Sub-claim "Batching transactions reduces per-transaction costs by amort…": 60% covered by S5 — S5 mentions that nanopayments settle in batches to avoid gas per transaction, implying amortization of fixed costs, but does not explicitly discuss amortization of fixed costs.

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§ IIThe reading1 cited

Moderateconfidence— 1 source citeddeep research

Batching transactions reduces costs in USDC-based settlement for compost supply chains primarily by amortizing fixed costs across multiple transactions and reducing on-chain interactions. Specifically, nanopayments settle many micro-authorizations together, avoiding gas fees per individual transaction . This lowers per-transaction costs by spreading the fixed cost of a batch across many payments . Additionally, batching reduces the number of on-chain interactions, which lowers total gas fees . While netting of payments is not explicitly mentioned in the sources, the amortization and reduced on-chain activity are the key mechanisms. The sources do not discuss block space efficiency or netting in this context.

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