Hold-Based Payment
The hold-based payment model requires users to maintain a minimum balance of ALEPH tokens in their wallet while their resources are running. If the balance falls below the required amount, the Compute Resource Node (CRN) may stop the affected workloads.
How It Works
- You deploy a program or instance and choose hold as the payment type.
- The CRN periodically checks whether your wallet holds enough ALEPH tokens to cover the resources you are using.
- If your balance is insufficient, the CRN stops workloads until the required balance is met again, starting with the most recently launched execution.
Required Balance
The required balance depends on the resources allocated (CPU, memory, storage) and the type of workload. Refer to the Pricing section for details.
Balance enforcement scope
Hold-based balance enforcement is currently only active for confidential instances. Standard persistent programs and standard instances are not yet stopped for insufficient hold balance. This behavior will be extended to all hold-based workloads in a future release.