How Gas Fees Work
Gas fees are small payments made to process transactions on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). They’re essential to make Bitiness work as a decentralized platform — enabling swaps, trading, and other actions without any central authority.
What Are Gas Fees?
Gas fees are paid in BNB, the native token of BNB Chain. They serve two main purposes:
Incentivize validators (the computers running the network)
Prevent spam on the blockchain
Whenever you perform an action on Bitiness—like swapping tokens or adding liquidity—your wallet sends a request to the blockchain, and gas is used to execute that transaction.
How Gas Fees Are Calculated
Gas fees depend on three main factors:
Gas Limit
Max amount of gas units the transaction can use (set automatically)
Gas Price
Cost per unit of gas (measured in gwei, a small unit of BNB)
Total Fee
Gas Limit × Gas Price = Amount of BNB you pay
On BNB Chain, gas fees are usually very low (often less than $0.10 per transaction).
Examples of Gas Fee Usage on Bitiness
Swapping tokens
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Every swap
Approving a token
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Once per token
How to Optimize Gas Usage
Here are a few tips to minimize gas costs on Bitiness:
Avoid peak network times (use BSC gas trackers like BscScan Gas Tracker)
Batch actions (e.g., stake once instead of multiple smaller transactions)
Use wallets that allow custom gas settings
Keep enough BNB in your wallet (even small swaps need it!)
Where Do Gas Fees Go?
Unlike trading fees which go to liquidity providers, gas fees go to BNB Chain validators who confirm your transaction.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Forgetting to leave BNB for gas: You won’t be able to swap, or even approve a token.
Setting gas too low: Your transaction might fail or get stuck.
Repeating failed transactions: You'll lose gas each time, even if it doesn’t go through.
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