# Incentives on Interledger

**URL:** <https://forum.interledger.org/t/incentives-on-interledger/880>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/incentives-on-interledger/880 "2020-01-04T19:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![miyabhai101](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.interledger.org/miyabhai101/32/454_2.png) [@miyabhai101](https://forum.interledger.org/u/miyabhai101)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/incentives-on-interledger/880/1 "2020-01-04T19:42:18Z")

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Hello,

New here, and yet to consume the whitepaper.

I have a quick Q around what are incentivisation techniques used on ILP, specifically is there any economic incentive available for connectors?

Thanks,

D

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**Author:** ![AJ58O](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.interledger.org/aj58o/32/371_2.png) [@AJ58O](https://forum.interledger.org/u/AJ58O)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/incentives-on-interledger/880/2 "2020-01-04T19:59:24Z")

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Hi D and welcome to the interledger community! Yes, there is a possible economic incentive-- connectors can charge a spread on the transactions they facilitate. There’s a variable called CONNECTOR\_SPREAD that can be set by the connector operator ([https://github.com/interledgerjs/ilp-connector/blob/master/README.md#spread](https://github.com/interledgerjs/ilp-connector/blob/master/README.md#spread))

Users of ILP however may be incentivized to select connectors offering the lowest spread, so connectors offering the same pairs will need to compete amongst each other.