A measurement given to functions on the Ethereum blockchain to denote how computationally expensive they will be, this is offered to the miners who complete the process as a reward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A measurement given to functions on the Ethereum blockchain to denote how computationally expensive they will be, this is offered to the miners who complete the process as a reward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cryptoslate_glossary_part_of_speech":"noun","_cryptoslate_glossary_phonetic_spelling":"GAS","_cryptoslate_glossary_example_sentences":["The Ethereum transaction consumed gas as the network executed its smart-contract instructions.","More complex operations generally require more gas than a simple transfer.","The transaction failed when its gas limit was too low to complete execution.","Users pay validators for computation through gas fees.","The wallet estimated how much gas the token swap would require."]},"glossary_topic":[83425,83434],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n