# Paying Gas Gas in Crypto is compulsory fee you pay for things to happen on the blockchain. 1000s of people are running computers which store and perform actions for saving and transfering ownership of your NFTs and they are paid a determined fee called gas. You can adjust the amount of gas you pay which speeds up and slows down the time it takes for your transaction to complete. --- # 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.autominter.com/fundamentals/paying-gas.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.