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A coffee exporter in Kenya waits five days to get paid by a buyer in Germany. Three banks touch that money along the way, and each one takes a cut. By the time it lands, he’s lost real value just from moving it.
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So the money itself moves at internet speed. It’s the on-ramps and off-ramps, and the rules around them, that move at the old, slow pace.
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Your tx cost is not “how much crypto you send.”
It’s:
Fee = gas used × gas price
Gas used = how much work the chain does
Gas price = what blockspace costs right now (in gwei)
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Do fewer txs
10 small sends ≈ 10 fees.
1 larger send ≈ 1 fee.
Skip extra approvals:
Approve is its own paid tx.
Use permit / batched “approve + swap” when the app has it.
Don’t send failing txs:
Reverts still burn gas. Simulate first.


