# Product Performance - Surfacing Gas Costs **URL:** \ **Category:** Products\ **Created:** [15 November 2021 09:37 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/product-performance-surfacing-gas-costs/3209 "2021-11-15T09:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Graham](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/gov.indexcoop.com/matthew_graham/32/1336_2.png) [@Matthew\_Graham](https://gov.indexcoop.com/u/Matthew_Graham)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2021 12:04 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/product-performance-surfacing-gas-costs/3209/26 "2021-11-24T12:04:30Z")
> [@Matthew\_Graham](#): > > An alternative idea, is to deduct the gas costs from the methodologist rewards incentives program. MVI and DPI methodologist both receive a large number of INDEX tokens from Index Coop as part of the methodologist program. > > Given MVI was an internal product only a couple months back, it should be fairly easy to just amend the INDEX distributed through the methodologist program. It can be considered an oversight of the prior IIP. > > IMHO I think the methodologist should consider this a great opportunity to volunteer splits the gas costs by way of reduced INDEX incentives when Set Labs passes rebalancing costs to Index Coop. That would be a lovely gesture and speak volumes towards the value we all place on the respective partnerships. Just tagging @verto0912 and @DarkForestCapital here to ensure this is brought to there attention. It would be great to get feedback on the above and I welcome the dialogue that is forthcoming. No doubt that as MVI grows the rebalancing costs of the less liquid tokens will really hurt Index Coop’s profitability. This is occurring at a time when the Methodologist Incentives allocation starts to ramp up as MVI’s growth outperforms its peers. A few months ago, these costs and incentives were aligned as Index Coop directly received the methodologist incentives and indirectly paid the on-chain gas costs. With MVI moving external, we lost this alignment. It was an oversight at the time and it is important to recognise we operate in a progressive space. Can we restore the alignment through reimbursing Index Coop for on-chain gas costs with INDEX that would otherwise be distributed through the Methodologist Incentive program ? To me this is a very fair ask of the MVI methodologist as the Methodologist Incentive program is not a perfect but continues to be offered as designed in good faith. --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/product-performance-surfacing-gas-costs/3209)._