Sending costs more than you send
Two numbers decide a fee.
Gas is how much work an operation takes. A transfer is always 21,000 — fixed by the protocol.
Gas price is what you pay per unit. This is the part that moves.
Send Alice 1 AVAX, mine it, then check your balance. You are down more than 1.
Type a command and press Enter. help lists what this lesson understands.
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Goals
Seal a block
no new block yet, the chain is still where it started
Check what it actually cost you
`balance` has not been run yet
The chain
height 101#100
empty
#101
empty
Accounts
youyou0x1111…
10AVAX
alice0x2222…
0AVAX
Mempool
Empty. Nothing is waiting to be included.
Gas price
25nAVAX per gas
A transfer is 21,000 gas, so it costs 0.0525 AVAX.