[Question] how do you actually verify gas fees
how do you actually verify gas fees, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. Confirmation took forty minutes on a busy evening and I had already written half an angry message. Deleted it. Rate quotes expire because the underlying rate moves. A short expiry is ordinary;…
Confirmations are the count of blocks built on top of the one containing your transaction. Until there are some, the transaction is not settled in any meaningful sense.
Confirmations are the count of blocks built on top of the one containing your transaction.
This is the check that prevents the only genuinely unrecoverable mistake in this thread.
confirmations are the only status that means anything
Nearly sent on the wrong network. The token symbol was identical and the address format was the only clue.
A test transaction costs one extra network fee and verifies the address, the network and the recipient’s crediting process before the main amount moves.
This. A test transaction on a large order costs a fraction of the fee and removes the whole class of risk.
Pasted rather than typed the address, then checked the first and last six characters. Habit now.
Some chains require a memo or destination tag to route funds to the right account. Omitting it on those chains is one of the more common ways payments go astray.
Small fix — that is the network fee, not a supplier charge. The distinction matters for the complaint you are making.
the memo field matters on the chains that use one