# Gas used Methodology

## Overview

Gas used measures the total gas consumed by an application. It reflects how much users are willing to incur transaction costs when using the application.

Gas used

Bridges

LayerZero uses a decentralized network of Validator Nodes to facilitate secure and fast communication between different blockchains.

LayerZero allows users to send and receive messages between different blockchains, and to bridge tokens between different blockchains.

LayerZero is a cross-chain interoperability protocol that enables secure and fast communication between different blockchains.

Stargate

Gas used

Gas used

Chain breakdown