Robinhood Chain gas, no Robinhood account needed
Holding stock tokens on Robinhood Chain but no ETH to move them? Buy a micro top-up with Monero or Lightning and it lands on chain ID 4663 in a minute.
Native ETH gas on Robinhood Chain
Robinhood Chain is the layer-2 network Robinhood launched on the Arbitrum stack, settling to Ethereum and built around tokenized stocks and ETPs. It is a permissionless, EVM-compatible chain that anyone can use with any wallet, but it charges gas in ETH like every other Arbitrum chain, and a wallet that received stock tokens or bridged assets with no ETH cannot move, sell, or swap anything.
1gwei.dev sends native ETH on chain ID 4663 straight to the address you give after you pay a Monero or Bitcoin Lightning invoice. There is no Robinhood account, no bridge transaction from Ethereum mainnet, and no exchange withdrawal. The payout is an ordinary Robinhood Chain transaction you can verify on the Blockscout explorer.
Blocks on Robinhood Chain arrive every 100 milliseconds and fees are a small fraction of mainnet, so a micro top-up covers a lot of activity. The checkout reads the live Robinhood Chain gas price and shows how many sends and token transfers each amount covers before you pay.
Robinhood at a glance
- Network
- Robinhood Chain, Arbitrum Orbit layer 2 on Ethereum
- Chain ID
- 4663
- Gas token
- Native ETH (there is no separate Robinhood gas token)
- Explorer
- robinhoodchain.blockscout.com
- Block time
- About 100 milliseconds
- Built for
- Tokenized stocks and ETPs, DeFi such as Uniswap
- Bridge
- Canonical Arbitrum bridge from Ethereum mainnet
When you need gas on Robinhood Chain
- Moved stock tokens from the Robinhood app to a self-custody wallet and the wallet has 0 ETH, so nothing can be sold or transferred.
- Want to trade on Uniswap on Robinhood Chain without opening or funding a Robinhood account.
- Received tokens on Robinhood Chain into a fresh address and need gas before the first transaction.
- Bridging ETH from mainnet costs more in mainnet gas than the top-up you actually need.
Robinhood Chain gas questions
Is gas on Robinhood Chain paid in ETH or in a Robinhood token?
In ETH. Robinhood Chain is an Arbitrum-stack layer 2 and transaction fees are paid in native ETH, the same as on Ethereum. There is no separate gas token, and stock tokens or stablecoins cannot pay fees.
Do I need a Robinhood account to use Robinhood Chain?
No. The chain is permissionless and works with any EVM wallet. 1gwei.dev sends ETH to whatever address you paste, paid in Monero or Lightning, with no account on either side.
I have stock tokens on Robinhood Chain but no ETH. How do I sell or move them?
Send a gas top-up to that exact address on Robinhood Chain. Once the ETH lands, the wallet can approve, transfer, or swap the tokens normally. Only a tiny amount is needed because fees on the chain are low.
Is Robinhood Chain the same as Arbitrum One?
No. Both use Arbitrum technology and settle to Ethereum, but Robinhood Chain is a separate network with chain ID 4663 and its own balances. ETH on Arbitrum One is not spendable on Robinhood Chain. Order gas for the chain your tokens are actually on.
Why does my wallet show 0 ETH after the Robinhood Chain payout confirmed?
The wallet is almost certainly looking at another network. Add Robinhood Chain with chain ID 4663 and the RPC rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com, or open the address on robinhoodchain.blockscout.com to see the balance and the payout transaction.
Should I bridge ETH from mainnet or buy a top-up?
If you only need gas for a few transactions, a top-up is cheaper and faster: bridging requires ETH on mainnet first and a mainnet fee that is usually larger than the gas you need. Bridge when you want to move a real balance.