Gas on BNB Chain vs Robinhood Chain: What Volume Bots Really Pay

Every transaction on an EVM chain pays gas, a small fee to the network. When a bot places hundreds or thousands of trades, gas becomes a real part of the budget. Here is how it works on BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain, and what it means for planning a session.

What gas is

Gas is the price of getting a transaction processed. The amount depends on how much work the transaction does and on how busy the network is. You pay it in the chain's native coin:

• BNB Chain: BNB
• Robinhood Chain: ETH

That is why each chain has its own master wallet in Mentat Booster, funded in its own coin. See master wallets and maker wallets explained.

What a swap costs

A swap costs more than a plain transfer because it touches a pool or a curve. On top of gas, you may also pay:

• A pool fee to liquidity providers (the pool's fee tier).
• Any tax built into the token, such as a creator tax on Pons.
• Price impact, which is higher when the pool is shallow.

Crypto trading fees explained breaks these down. Each is a separate cost, and gas is the only one that is paid even when a trade is tiny.

Why bumps cost more here

On Solana, three wallets can sign one transaction, so a bump is one transaction. On EVM chains each wallet must send its own, so a bump is three transactions sent back-to-back, and each pays gas. See bump bot on BNB Chain. That is why a small bundle can run out of fuel sooner on an EVM chain than on Solana at the same speed.

Budgeting a session

Three levers control how fast fuel is used:

1. Speed. Faster trading means more transactions per minute.
2. Number of wallets or bundles. More wallets, more transactions.
3. Duration. A longer session pays gas for longer.

A sensible approach:

• Start with a smaller session and read the review screen.
• Check Status partway through.
• Raise the amount rather than the speed if you want it to last.

The bot warns you when a session may run short, and if funds are left in the wallets, the end-of-session sweep returns them to your master wallet.

Keep it cheap

• Trade a pool with decent depth, so price impact stays small.
• Avoid tokens with high taxes.
• Do not run faster than the chart needs.

Chain notes

• BNB Chain: see the BNB Chain volume bot guide.
• Robinhood Chain: see the volume and bump bot guide.

Both bots show the cost before you launch, so you can compare chains with real numbers instead of guesses.