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Crypto Fees & Slippage

Slippage is the gap between the price you expect on a trade and the price you actually get, and “gas” is the network fee charged to process a crypto transaction — and unlike most fees, gas is often a flat amount, not a percentage. This tool shows what a trade actually nets after fees and slippage across a centralized exchange, a low-fee network, and a congested one. It's useful because a flat gas fee that's invisible on a large trade can quietly eat a huge share of a small one — the same fee, wildly different impact.

$100
$10$5,000
1%
0%5%
What actually survives the trade
$0 lost, worst case
Same $100 trade. Three very different outcomes.
Centralized exchange~0.5% fee + slippage
Low-fee network~0.3% fee + $1 gas + slippage
Congested network~0.3% fee + $25 gas + slippage
The lesson behind the number

Gas fees on a busy network don't care how big your trade is — a $25 fee is nothing on a $5,000 trade and everything on a $50 one. Before trading small amounts, always check the network fee first. Sometimes the honest answer is: the trade isn't worth making at this size.

Small trades. Big hidden costs.

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