Do you remember the fees charged by banks?

It was very common to be charged fees when carrying out any transaction at the bank, whether sending a TED or withdrawing money from an ATM.

This also happens when we move cryptocurrencies, whether by making a swap, sending cryptocurrencies to another wallet or even when acquiring new cryptocurrencies.

But the good news is that these fees are much lower than those charged by traditional banks.

But what are these fees called? How is the price of these fees calculated?

Referred to as gas fees, these fees are charged to perform operations on the network, whether making a transaction or even creating a token.

These fees are well known in blockchains such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, among others.

But why are they called “gas fees”? Gas is the unit that measures the computational effort required to perform an operation.

Let's look at a practical example.

One day you want to send 1 ETH to another wallet, and the transaction cost was 21,000 gas units, with the gas price at 30 Gwei.

The result would be 21,000 × 30 = 630,000 Gwei = 0.00063 ETH (paid in addition to the 1 ETH sent).

If you're wondering how much you'll pay when sending ETH or SOL, or even your favorite memecoin, visit the Crypto Gas Fees Tracker page and find out how much you'll pay per transaction.

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