reading gas fees threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly
reading gas fees threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Keep every transaction hash in a note file with the order reference. It has resolved two queries instantly. Got a quote with a fifteen-minute expiry and assumed it was a pressure tactic. It was…
Network fees are set by chain congestion at the time of sending. They are paid to the network, not to the recipient, and they vary by hour as well as by chain.
confirmations are the only status that means anything
the memo field matters on the chains that use one
ask which networks they actually accept before you order
the supplier cannot reverse it and neither can you
Confirmation took forty minutes on a busy evening and I had already written half an angry message. Deleted it.
Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to be done. That is the lesson I paid for.
confirmations are the only status that means anything
Adding the cheap insurance — test amount first on anything large.
Push back: an unconfirmed transaction is not a missing payment. Wait for confirmations before escalating.
screenshot the transaction hash, not the wallet balance