# Gas Fees ## Why do I pay gas? Base.meme is a portal that creates blockchain transactions to create, buy & sell tokens using your connected wallet. Your wallet is used to pay the gas fee in the native currency of the respective chain, which is ETH on Base Chain. ## What is gas? Gas is essential to blockchain networks. It is the fuel that allows them to operate in the same way that a car needs gasoline to run. Gas is a fee required to successfully conduct a transaction on the blockchain and keeps the network secure. ## Do gas fees go to Base.meme? No, gas fees do not go to Base.meme. ## Why does gas change? Gas fluctuates with increased/decreased demand and the price of the native token. Due to gas price fluctuation, the cost of transactions will differ depending on the transaction type and token price. When the networks are experiencing a high volume of transactions, the fee will be higher. Users can wait for the gas price to come down or submit a price they are willing to pay and wait for the transaction to be confirmed; however, if the gas price limit is too low, validators can ignore such transactions. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.base.meme/getting-started/gas-fees.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.