# What's with the insane ether withdrawal charge on the vaults?

**URL:** <https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [1 September 2020 05:37 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371 "2020-09-01T05:37:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![jakingsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jakingsley](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/jakingsley)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 05:37 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/1 "2020-09-01T05:37:38Z")

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Is it normal for the gas price to be .4 ether for a withdrawal?

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**Author:** ![tezas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tezas](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/tezas)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 06:19 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/2 "2020-09-01T06:19:21Z")

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Does it not have 0.5 % as Withdrawal fees?

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**Author:** ![jakingsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jakingsley](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/jakingsley)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 06:41 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/3 "2020-09-01T06:41:31Z")

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yea but it’s charging a lot more than that 0.5% fee.

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**Author:** ![jakingsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jakingsley](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/jakingsley)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 06:43 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/4 "2020-09-01T06:43:44Z")

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Price is getting closer to 1 full ether just to withdraw

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**Author:** ![jakingsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jakingsley](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/jakingsley)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 08:29 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/5 "2020-09-01T08:29:27Z")

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Update: The mining fee has substantially decreased

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**Author:** ![Dark](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.yearn.fi/dark/32/307_2.png) [@Dark](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/Dark)\
**Post date:** [2 September 2020 00:26 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/6 "2020-09-02T00:26:22Z")

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This is just eth’s gas fees are high, might as well wait till they cool down.

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**Author:** ![milkyklim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@milkyklim](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/milkyklim)\
**Post date:** [2 September 2020 00:29 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/7 "2020-09-02T00:29:35Z")

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Hey, we don’t provide support on governance forum. Join [Telegram](https://t.me/yearnfinance) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/VccyY8B) to get community help.

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**Author:** ![milkyklim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@milkyklim](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/milkyklim)\
**Post date:** [2 September 2020 00:29 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/whats-with-the-insane-ether-withdrawal-charge-on-the-vaults/4371/8 "2020-09-02T00:29:40Z")

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