Avalanche gas fee now
The Avalanche C-Chain runs the Ethereum Virtual Machine, so a transfer is priced in gas exactly like on Ethereum: gas used × gas price, paid in AVAX. Gas prices are quoted in nAVAX (one billionth of an AVAX, the same as gwei).
The Avalanche fee: no data yet. We show nothing rather than a guess.
Every transfer type on Avalanche
| Transfer | Slow | Standard | Fast | In AVAX | Calculation |
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Transfer figures: no data yet. We show nothing rather than a guess.
Fee history on Avalanche
Cost of a AVAX transfer at standard speed, in USD at the time of each reading. Our own readings, every 5 minutes; nothing earlier exists.
Fee history for Avalanche: no data yet. We show nothing rather than a guess.
Units on Avalanche
1 AVAX = 1,000,000,000 nAVAX
Gas prices on the C-Chain are quoted in nAVAX (= gwei of AVAX).
Source: Avalanche docs
Questions and answers
How is the Avalanche C-Chain gas fee calculated?
Gas used × gas price. A plain AVAX transfer uses 21,000 gas; a token transfer uses what the token contract needs. The gas price is read from the network every few minutes and shown above in gwei (1 gwei = 0.000000001 AVAX).
Why does sending a token on Avalanche C-Chain cost more than sending AVAX?
A token transfer calls the token's smart contract, which reads and writes its balance table. That code costs gas on top of the 21,000 every transaction pays, so the same gas price gives a higher fee.
Does the amount I send change the Avalanche C-Chain fee?
No. Gas measures computation, not value. Sending 10 or 10,000 of a token costs the same gas.