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On this screen and trying to figure out what to do?

What is gas? Why do I need it?

See this article

What gas price should I use?

Basic Answer

gitcoin is smart enough to set a gas price that will confirm within 5 minutes. so if thats what was filled in when you pressed the button on gitcoin, that value should be good

that said, the ethereum mainnet network conditions have wildly fluctuated between 5 gwei and 50 gwei in the last weeks. if you want to do more fine tuned tuning of gas prices,

Advanced Answer

1. go to https://gitcoin.co/gas to see current network conditions
2. choose a gas value that matches the confirmation time (and price ETH) you'd like
3. use that value

What gas / gas limit should I use?

gitcoin is smart enough to set a gas / gas limit that will successfully execute the transaction. in 99% of cases, your best bet is to use the value that's filled in from gitcoin.