DeFi & Yield

What is a gas fee and how does it affect DeFi transactions?

A gas fee is the payment you make to a blockchain network to process and validate your transaction. It compensates the validators who run the network and rises when demand for block space is high. In DeFi this matters because every action, such as swapping tokens, lending, or claiming rewards, costs gas, and several steps can stack up. For example, a small trade during network congestion can cost more in gas than the trade itself, which can erase the benefit of chasing a marginal return. Accounting for real transaction costs is part of the grounded thinking we apply to crypto at Qatobit. Read our research.