Polygon gas in POL, paid with XMR or Lightning
Won on Polymarket or hold USDC.e on Polygon but the wallet has 0 POL? Buy a few POL with Monero or a Lightning invoice and it lands on chain ID 137 in a minute.
Native POL gas on Polygon PoS
Polygon PoS is the chain Polymarket, most of the USDC.e economy and countless games settle on. Its gas token is POL, the successor to MATIC, and that catches people out: a wallet full of USDC.e or Polymarket positions cannot send, approve or withdraw anything until it holds a little POL. Exchanges that sell POL require an account and identity checks, and bridging POL from Ethereum costs far more in mainnet fees than the gas you need.
1gwei.dev sends native POL on chain ID 137 to the address you paste after you pay a Monero or Bitcoin Lightning invoice. No exchange, no bridge, no account. Because POL trades for cents, the packs are whole tokens, and each preset still covers hundreds of Polygon transactions. The payout is a normal Polygon transaction you can verify on Polygonscan.
This is the only chain here priced in a token other than ETH. The checkout quotes POL at the live POL/USD spot rate plus the same margin as every other chain, and shows how many sends and token transfers each amount covers before you pay.
Polygon at a glance
- Network
- Polygon PoS, proof-of-stake sidechain with Ethereum checkpoints
- Chain ID
- 137
- Gas token
- POL (formerly MATIC). USDC.e cannot pay fees
- Explorer
- polygonscan.com
- Block time
- About 2 seconds
- Known for
- Polymarket, USDC.e, games and NFT mints
- Not the same as
- Polygon zkEVM, which uses ETH for gas
When you need gas on Polygon PoS
- Polymarket winnings sit in a self-custody wallet on Polygon and the wallet has no POL to withdraw or swap them.
- Received USDC.e on Polygon from an exchange or a friend, and every transfer fails for lack of gas.
- A fresh Polygon wallet for a mint, an airdrop claim or a game needs its first POL without an exchange account.
- Bridging POL from Ethereum mainnet would cost more in mainnet gas than the top-up itself.
Polygon PoS gas questions
Is gas on Polygon paid in POL, MATIC or ETH?
In POL, which replaced MATIC as the network's native token; wallets may still label it MATIC. ETH on Polygon is a bridged ERC-20 and cannot pay fees. If you hold USDC.e or bridged ETH but zero POL, the wallet is stuck until it receives POL.
I won on Polymarket but cannot withdraw. Do I need POL?
Yes, if the funds are in your own wallet on Polygon. Polymarket positions and USDC.e move on Polygon PoS, and any transfer or swap from your address needs POL for gas. Order a few POL to that address and the withdrawal goes through.
How much POL do I need for gas on Polygon?
Very little. A plain transfer costs a fraction of a cent and a swap a few cents, so the smallest pack of 5 POL covers hundreds of transactions at normal gas prices. The checkout reads the live Polygon gas price and shows the exact coverage.
Why is Polygon priced in POL instead of ETH here?
Because POL is the gas token on Polygon PoS. The checkout quotes the live POL/USD spot price from the same feed family as ETH, applies the same margin, and sends real POL. Amounts run from 1 to 250 POL per order.
Is this Polygon PoS or Polygon zkEVM?
Polygon PoS, chain ID 137, where Polymarket and USDC.e live. Polygon zkEVM is a separate rollup that pays gas in ETH and is not supported.
Can I send POL from Polygon back to Ethereum?
Only through a bridge, which takes time and mainnet gas. POL on Polygon is a separate balance from anything on Ethereum. Order gas for the chain where your funds actually are.