Definition
A gasless transaction is a blockchain transaction whose gas fees are not paid directly by the originating user account, but are instead covered or sponsored by another party or mechanism. It is a system-level component in which transaction costs are abstracted away from the end user, while the transaction itself is still broadcast, validated, and included on-chain according to normal network rules.
In Simple Terms
A gasless transaction is a blockchain transaction where the user does not pay the gas fee from their own account. Instead, someone or something else pays the fee in the background, so the user can send a transaction without holding the network’s native token for gas.
Context and Usage
Gasless transactions are commonly discussed in the context of improving user onboarding, simplifying interactions with decentralized applications, and enabling alternative fee payment models. They are often associated with architectural patterns where a dedicated component forwards or sponsors user operations, and with designs that separate user intent from fee payment responsibility at the protocol or application layer.