gas
- noun
- /ɡæs/
- Texting
- So you've got both the, there's like, there's the price of gas per unit, but then your transaction has a variable quantity of gas.
OK, so the Ethereum blockchain, it required to cost gas in order to use it.
- OK, so the Ethereum blockchain, it required to cost gas in order to use it.
- And So what a gas fee is, is essentially you tipping, you giving.
Examples
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Topping our news, a dramatic fire in suburban Bridgewater believed to have been caused by a gas leak.
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And you'll also be paying gas fees, a small or sometimes not small fee when you want to exchange your Ethereum.
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Anyway, oil and gas are far more valuable as biological raw materials than as fuel.
Fiction book (1999) -
OK, so the Ethereum blockchain, it required to cost gas in order to use it.
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When using the Ethereum blockchain, you need to consider the gas required to execute transactions.
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Each time you perform a transaction on a blockchain, you must pay a gas fee to the miners.
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The amount of gas needed for a smart contract depends on its complexity and resource requirements.
Idioms
Compounds
A gas that makes people's eyes burn and makes them cry, used by police to break up crowds
- Specialized
A very large planet like Jupiter or Saturn made mostly of light gases that has no solid surface
- NSFW
A harmful gas used as a weapon that can kill or make people very sick if they breathe it
- Specialized
A gas with no color that dentists give to patients to breathe so they relax and sometimes laugh
- Specialized
An engine that burns fuel to make hot gas that spins a wheel with blades
- Specialized
A machine that burns natural gas to make power for vehicles or generators
- Specialized
A device that fires small gas containers like tear gas to make crowds move away
- Specialized
An imaginary gas made of tiny particles that take up no space and do not affect each other
- Offensive
A very strong poison used as a weapon that attacks the nerves and can kill by touching skin or breathing
- Specialized
A type of tear gas used by police that causes eye and skin pain and lasts long
- Specialized
A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
- Specialized
Gas that comes out of a furnace when machines push air or steam through hot material
- Archaic
A colorless, odorless gas called carbon dioxide that plants use to make food
- Archaic
A gas produced by passing air over hot coal and used in the past for lighting and heating
- Specialized
A severe infection in body tissue caused by bacteria that makes gas and destroys it
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A fixed number used in the ideal gas law to connect energy, temperature and amount of gas
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A dangerous problem that happens when air bubbles get into the blood and stop blood flow
- Archaic
A protective mask that covers the whole head and filters harmful gases to keep lungs safe
Surface Forms
Etymology
In blockchain, gas is a name for the small fee that 'powers' a transaction; a helpful way to remember it is to think of gas like fuel you pay so the network can run your action. That's why you pay 'gas' to make a smart contract work.