# High Gas Prices While Staking

**URL:** <https://forum.livepeer.org/t/high-gas-prices-while-staking/1085>\
**Category:** Delegating\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/high-gas-prices-while-staking/1085 "2020-05-28T21:39:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adamsoffer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.livepeer.org/adamsoffer/32/1925_2.png) [@adamsoffer](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/adamsoffer)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/high-gas-prices-while-staking/1085/1 "2020-05-28T21:39:19Z")

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The most recent Livepeer protocol upgrade, [streamflow](https://medium.com/livepeer-blog/the-streamflow-proposal-scaling-livepeer-72179b20bfdd), drastically reduced the cost of paying for video transcoding even when gas prices are high on the Ethereum network. Transaction fees related to Livepeer staking, however, are still subject to the fluctuating and high gas prices caused by congestion on the Ethereum network.

Here are some important considerations to take into account when staking during times of high gas prices:

- Be aware of network congestion and recommended gas prices before submitting a transaction. Some good resources to stay on top of this are [ethgassttation.info](https://ethgasstation.info/) and the [Ethereum Gas Price Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ethereum-gas-price-extens/innfmlnnhfcebjcnfopadflecemoddnp?hl=en).
- The most expensive staking action in the Livepeer Explorer is for claiming earnings and this is due to expensive earnings calculations performed by the contracts. Claiming earnings happens automatically any time you stake or unstake LPT.
- You **do not lose your earnings** if you do not claim them and it is not time sensitive UNLESS you want to stake additional LPT, move your stake or unstake.
- If you do not need to do any of the above then no action is needed on your part. Unclaimed LPT is considered staked so **no need to manually claim earnings** out of fear of losing out on more rewards, especially when gas prices are high.
- Note that while high gas prices are out of the control of the core team, the core team is investigating ways to optimize the earnings calculations performed by the contracts.

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**Author:** ![dob](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.livepeer.org/dob/32/7_2.png) [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/high-gas-prices-while-staking/1085/2 "2020-05-28T21:48:34Z")

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Thanks Adam. I think reading between the lines here, one of the most practical pieces of advice would be **if you don’t need to immediately move your stake or unbond, then it is recommended to wait until gas prices are lower, in order to significantly save on transaction fees.**

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**Author:** ![shishangx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@shishangx](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/shishangx)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/high-gas-prices-while-staking/1085/3 "2020-06-15T04:06:25Z")

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but we dont know when it is coming.