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Ethereum
Gas
Computation fee paid in ETH for any Ethereum transaction
What is Gas?
Ethereum's unit of computational cost. Every operation (send, swap, mint) burns gas, paid in ETH. High network demand = higher gas prices. Measured in Gwei (10^-9 ETH).
Context anchor
On the BTC dashboard there is no gas — Bitcoin uses byte-fees instead.
Also known as
ethereum gas