When moving assets from Avalanche back to Ethereum, the bridge charges an in-kind transfer fee. The user interface does now allow transfers less than the fee amount. If a user manually generates and issues such a transaction, the bridge will mark the transfer as invalid and not process it.
For a more in-depth read on how the Avalanche Bridge works, please read the following articles.
New Avalanche Bridge Builds on Intel SGX Technology in Breakthrough for Cross-Chain Interoperability
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