When network activity is high, transactions can take longer than expected to confirm. In some cases, you can manually increase the network fee to improve your chances of a faster confirmation.
Manual fee adjustments are only available for native token transfers on Ethereum, Polygon, Bitcoin, Base, and HyperEVM. For example, sending ETH, POL, BTC, or HYPE. Non-native token transfers such as USDC, app interactions, NFT transactions, and all transactions on Solana, Sui, and Monad do not support manual fee adjustments.
Note: Increasing the gas fee does not guarantee faster confirmation, but it can improve your chances, especially during periods of high congestion.
Speed up a transaction before sending it
On Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Bitcoin, and HyperEVM, you can choose between three speed options when sending a transaction: Fast, Average, or Slow. Faster options typically cost more because your transaction includes a higher fee to be prioritized by the network. On uncongested networks, the difference in cost between Slow and Fast may be minimal.
- On the transaction preview screen, select Network fee.
- Choose a speed: Fast, Average, or Slow.
- Select Save.
Speed up a pending transaction
If you already sent a transaction and it is still pending, you can try to speed it up by following these steps:
- In Phantom, go to Recent Activity (clock icon).
- Select the pending transaction.
- Select Speed up.
- Confirm to resend the transaction with a higher network fee.