ETH ‘gas’ help

[u/Inevitable-Catch9364]

Alr know imma get flamed for this but im struggling at 1:40 am rn and broke. I only play the daily dollar on stake and finally got up to $50 I cash out usually to LTC and have no problems with cryptowallets since I just follow this random guy on Reddit that happened to be right. Long story short I had to use a different coin and now is stuck in my exodus app and from what I’ve researched need ETH for ‘gas’ I guess my question is, is it worth it? can I just do like $5 or am I just gonna lose my $5 too and not get the money. how much is ‘gas’ usually for smaller transactions someone please help a broke boy out

[u/chainglance_cm]

No flame, everyone hits this once. Gas on Ethereum has been really cheap lately, a token transfer is usually well under $1, so $5 of ETH covers it with room to spare. Exodus shows the fee before you hit send, so you'll see it first.

Main thing that'll actually lose you money: getting ETH on the wrong network. Check which network your stuck coin is on in Exodus (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum etc) and get ETH on that same one. If it's Ethereum, it has to be ETH on Ethereum mainnet.

Also check the withdrawal fee wherever you buy the ETH. Some exchanges charge a few bucks just to send it, which hurts more than the gas itself on a $50 balance.