Polygon PoS Gwei Fee Tracker & Shard Gas Matrix
Real-time deterministic Gwei rates (1012 gas units), base fees (~0.00005 POL), and Heimdall validator chunk capacity.
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Simple Transfer
100 Ggas
Base Cost: ~0.00001 POL ($0.00005)
~1.1s inclusion
Recommended
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Standard Function Call
30 Gwei
Default Allowance | ~0.00005 POL base fee
Instant Doomslug Finality (~1.1s)
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Complex Cross-Contract
300 Gwei
Chunk Limit Max: 300 Gwei (~0.0003 POL)
DeFi Swaps & Multi-Hop Routing
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POL Storage Staking: 1 POL per 100 KB
100% REFUNDABLE
On POL, state storage is not burned as rent. Accounts lock 1 POL for every 100 KB of data stored. When state is released, 100% of the locked POL is restored.
POL Action Cost Simulator
Estimated Gwei consumption and transaction fees across common POL ecosystem operations.
| Network | Architecture | Base Fee / Gas | Estimated Cost | Savings vs Polygon PoS | View Telemetry |
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Polygon PoS
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Heimdall & Bor Sharded PoS | 0.00005 POL | $0.00027 USD | 99.8% Cheaper | PolygonScanner → |
| Polygon Mainnet | L1 PoS | Dynamic Gwei | $1.85 USD | Baseline L1 | External |
Action-Specific Gas Cost Guides
Detailed breakdown of exact computational Gwei limits, prepaid gas, and storage staking reserves.
Transfer POL
100 Ggas
Native POL peer-to-peer balance transfer between accounts.
Base Cost: ~0.00001 POL
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Transfer ERC-20 (USDC/USDT)
3 Gwei
Standard ERC-20 fungible token transfer call with storage check.
Base Cost: ~0.00003 POL
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QuickSwap DEX Swap
15 Gwei
AMM automated market maker swap execution on v2.ref-finance.polygon.
Base Cost: ~0.00015 POL
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Top POL Ecosystem Protocols & Contracts (24h)
| Rank | Contract / Account | Gwei Burnt (24h) | % of Shard Capacity | Gas Fees (POL) |
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| 1 | v2.ref-finance.polygon (Ref DEX) | 14,280 Gwei | 34.2% | 1.428 POL |
| 2 | 0x831753DD7087CaC61aB5644b308642cc1c33Dc13 (Sweat Economy) | 8,910 Gwei | 21.5% | 0.891 POL |
| 3 | polygon (Polygon EVM Engine) | 6,420 Gwei | 15.4% | 0.642 POL |
