# Gas Usage PoolTogether is conscious that to become a truly lossless prize protocol the transaction fees involved must be minimal. The current design utilizes the Minimal Proxy Factory design where possible to reduce gas usage. Note that these fees are paid to the Ethereum Network and not to PoolTogether. The amount a transaction costs in USD is calculated as: the amount of gas used \* gasPrice \* USD/ETH. Here is a list of common actions and their costs: | Function Call | Estimated Gas Cost | $USD (40 GWei, $600/ETH) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------ | | **Creating Pools with the Builder** | | | | createCompoundPoolMultipleWinners() | 1.3M | 33 | | createStakePoolMultipleWinners() | 1.25M | 30 | | createVaultPoolMultipleWinners() | 1.2M | 30 | | **Entering and Leaving Pools** | | | | depositTo() | 0.5M | 12 | | withdrawInstantlyFrom() | 0.5M | 12 | | **Award Process** | | | | RNG request - [Chainlink VRF](/master-1/protocol/random-number-generator/chainlink-vrf.md) | 2 LINK | 20 (@ 10 USD/LINK) | | startAward() | 200k | 4.8 | | completeAward() | 250k+ (variable) | 6 | | **Transferring Tickets** | 290k | 7 | --- # 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://v3.docs.pooltogether.com/master-1/protocol/gas-usage.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.