# Minimum Algo Balance for opting new ASA **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance Discussions\ **Tags:** asa\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/minimum-algo-balance-for-opting-new-asa/3297 "2021-05-15T20:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![nadeem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.algorand.co/nadeem/32/1020_2.png) [@nadeem](https://forum.algorand.co/u/nadeem)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/minimum-algo-balance-for-opting-new-asa/3297/1 "2021-05-15T20:04:38Z")
I wanted to raise the topic for discussion about the requirement to have minimum of 1 ALGO Balance to opt into an ASA Asset. I this this could be a barrier for adoption of various use cases. As per the offical Algorand Website, the use cases and different types of coins where ASA can be used are ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/algorand/original/2X/2/2a81e68aca2df3f565caa20cd02d4b00c224207c.jpeg) Reference link - [https://www.algorand.com/technology#ALGORAND-STANDARD-ASSETS](https://www.algorand.com/technology#ALGORAND-STANDARD-ASSETS) Many of these use cases such as loyalty points, games points, system credits etc require a hosted wallet solution for a seamless UX. For example in case of Loyalty Points use case; The loyalty point will be an ASA, the app owner will create a new Algo Wallet for every user and in order to opt into the loyalty point ASA, the app owner will have to airdrop 1 Algo or ask the user to top up 1 Algo ( the later option is a barrier for UX point of view). assuming the app owners does the Algo Balance top up and opt it in the background seamlessly for a new user sign up. In such use cases if let’s say we onboard 10,000 users. The cost of onboarding as per price of $1.41 at the time of writing this topic will be 14,100, if let’s say the price increases to $10, the costs for onboarding 10,000 users for any app will be 100,000. The increase in price can actually lead to decrease in adoption. I suggest we should change the minimum Algo Balance requirements for opting in an ASA from 1 Algo to same as that transaction fees which is 0.001 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.algorand.co/t/minimum-algo-balance-for-opting-new-asa/3297)._