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I have a smart contract where user can transfer ETH to an ICO. Like this

function buyICO(paymentAddress, amount) {

// do some other important things

// transfer the amount to the payment address
paymentAddress.transfer(amount);

}

Because some ICOs require a specific gas price and limit, but I can't set these in the transfer function. I can set it when user call buyICO() function but I don't know how do I calculate the gas limit and price for the whole thing.

What's the best practice here?

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If you want to adjust gas limit you should use address.call.value().gas()(). See this answer for more details <address>.send vs <address>.transfer best practice usage? You can't adjust the gas price though.

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  • sweeet, thanks for this! exactly what I needed. however would this be a problem that I can't adjust gas price? it is often required by ICOs to set a certain price and limit when participating. May 16, 2018 at 10:03
  • Then you will have to set the gas price when calling buyICO() in the top level transaction. The internal call .transfer() inherits this price. May 16, 2018 at 10:23
  • You can accept the answer if it helped May 16, 2018 at 11:37

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