Note
Ethereum casino payments on mobile: two screens, one fee
The cashier screen knows the address and the amount. The wallet screen knows the fee. A deposit from a phone is the act of reading both before either is acted on.
What does each screen know?
The cashier names the coin, the network and the address. The wallet shows the amount, the network it will use and the fee. Neither sees the other's information, so the comparison is done by the reader, and the order matters: network first, then address, then amount, then fee.
Why the fee is read last
Because it is the only part that changes between the first glance and the confirmation. The other three are fixed by the cashier. The fee is quoted at the instant of signing, so reading it last gives the most current figure.
When the app and the browser disagree
If the operator's cashier opens in a browser and the wallet in an app, switching between them can leave a stale estimate on the wallet screen. Refreshing the wallet's confirmation screen before signing costs nothing.
A short routine for the phone
Open the cashier, choose ETH and read the network name. Copy the address, switch to the wallet, paste, and compare the two ends. Type the amount last, or check that the pasted amount matches. Read the fee on the confirmation screen, expand it if the wallet hides the gwei price, and only then confirm. Return to the cashier and wait there; leaving it open costs nothing and shows the status when it changes.
Weak signal between send and result
A phone that loses its connection right after you press send has not necessarily lost the transfer: either the wallet broadcast it or it did not. Open the wallet's activity list and look for a pending entry before doing anything else. A second send would be a second payment with its own fee, and it would be the more expensive of the two mistakes.
Screenshots and clipboards
A screenshot of an address is not the address. Clipboard tools keep old entries, and a later paste can bring one back, which is why the comparison belongs after every paste and not only the first.
Quick answers
| Is the gas fee different on a phone than on a computer? | No. The network sets the price, not the device. The only difference is how the wallet displays it. |
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| Should I use a mobile browser or a wallet app for a deposit? | Either works for the transfer itself. Read the network, the address, the amount and the fee on the wallet's confirmation screen in both cases. |
Carry on with
Gas and fees the full mechanism behind the numbers in this note
bonus balance: what is credited, what is wagered, and where gas sits the next note in the set
Cloudbet the operator that prints a fee for each of four routes