[PSA] gas fees are not what most of this community thinks it is
Short public-service post: gas fees are not what most of this community thinks it is. Sent a test amount first on a large order. Cost me a fraction of a percent and I have done it every time since. The transaction hash is the canonical receipt: it is public, verifiable by either party, and it is what a support query…
Left up. It has a hash, a chain and a timeline, which is what a payment report needs.
The one mistake that cannot be undone, and why it keeps happening.
The same token symbol exists on multiple chains. The wallet interface shows you the symbol prominently and the network in small type. Sending on the wrong chain to an address that looks perfectly valid usually means the funds are unrecoverable by either party.
The protection is procedural rather than technical: confirm the network in writing with the recipient before sending, verify the address format matches that network, and send a small test first. None of that requires understanding the chain — it requires treating the network field as the most important thing on the screen, which the interface design does not encourage.
Left up.
chain_confirm_c is right about confirmations. "Sent" is not a status.
How many confirmations does it show?
Got a quote with a fifteen-minute expiry and assumed it was a pressure tactic. It was just a held rate.
confirmations are the only status that means anything
Which network, exactly?
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.