<p>When a Ripple user sends funds, he sets the amount that he wants the recipient to receive and the system will offer a proposition on how much the input for the transaction needs to be. </p>

<p>Upon execution the transaction is atomical (either it happens completely or not at all). The system will use the ledger to find the optimal path and the sender pays all transit fees occurring along the path.</p>

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2013-09-11T19:38:23.003Z
See also https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3402&p=15126#p15126
dchapes
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Murch
<p>When a Ripple-Gateway charges a transit fee for third parties exchanging their IOU, who pays the transit fee?</p>

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2013-09-11T20:01:41.010Z
Extremely similar to your other recent question: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/13249/when-a-trade-offer-in-ripple-incurs-transit-fees-who-pays-them
dchapes
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Mh, I wasn't sure how similar they are, because of course with the trade there might be transit fees occuring for IOU moving in either direction. Maybe I should consolidate the two questions, what do you think?
Murch
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When a Ripple-Gateway charges a fee for third parties exchanging their IOU, how is it determined who pays the fee?
Murch
# When a Ripple-Gateway charges a fee for third parties exchanging their IOU, how is it determined who pays the fee?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-09-11)

When a Ripple-Gateway charges a transit fee for third parties exchanging their IOU, who pays the transit fee?

**Tags:** ripple, ripple-gateways, iou

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Extremely similar to your other recent question: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/13249/when-a-trade-offer-in-ripple-incurs-transit-fees-who-pays-them  
> **username_0**: Mh, I wasn't sure how similar they are, because of course with the trade there might be transit fees occuring for IOU moving in either direction. Maybe I should consolidate the two questions, what do you think?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2013-09-11. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

When a Ripple user sends funds, he sets the amount that he wants the recipient to receive and the system will offer a proposition on how much the input for the transaction needs to be.

Upon execution the transaction is atomical (either it happens completely or not at all). The system will use the ledger to find the optimal path and the sender pays all transit fees occurring along the path.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See also https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3402&p=15126#p15126  

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