The unit of computational work on Ethereum and Ethereum-compatible chains. Each operation (storage write, computation, transfer) costs a certain amount of gas. The user pays gas × gas price (in gwei) for the transaction. Gas fees vary with network congestion: simple ETH transfers cost ~21,000 gas; complex DeFi transactions cost 200,000–600,000 gas. See gwei.
Gas
The unit of computational work on Ethereum and Ethereum-compatible chains. Each operation (storage write, computation, transfer) costs a certain amount of gas. The user pays gas × gas price (in gwei) for the transaction. Gas fees vary with network congestion: simple ETH transfers cost ~21,000 gas; complex DeFi transactions cost 200,000–600,000 gas. See gwei.
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