Gas Fees

On Ethereum, gas is priced in gwei and paid in ETH. It covers the validator's work and scales with network demand and transaction complexity — a simple transfer is cheap, a swap through three pools is not. Peak Ethereum swaps can run $50+; L2s like Base and Arbitrum usually run cents.

Solana, BSC, and most memecoin chains keep fees under a cent. Failed transactions still cost gas, which is how traders burn hundreds of dollars on a single congested launch. Size transactions against gas — a $30 fee on a $100 buy needs a 30% move just to break even.