# Why not deploy GMX on ETH mainnet?

**URL:** <https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914>\
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**Created:** [December 17, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914 "2023-12-17T11:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bgolil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@bgolil](https://gov.gmx.io/u/bgolil)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914/1 "2023-12-17T11:38:56Z")

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Just curious about this. Have there been any disscutions about mainnet deployment?

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**Author:** ![Wazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Wazi](https://gov.gmx.io/u/Wazi)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914/2 "2023-12-17T13:08:38Z")

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high fees that are not acceptable for trading. Imagine in the bull you would pay 200$ to open a position

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**Author:** ![Jonezee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/gov.gmx.io/jonezee/32/1238_2.png) [@Jonezee](https://gov.gmx.io/u/Jonezee)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914/3 "2023-12-17T13:50:48Z")

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You cannot trade perpetual futures with high gas fees and long time-to-finality. An on-chain exchange needs high throughput and fast execution.

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**Author:** ![coinflipcanda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/gov.gmx.io/coinflipcanda/32/207_2.png) [@coinflipcanda](https://gov.gmx.io/u/coinflipcanda)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914/4 "2023-12-21T07:44:23Z")

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Deploying the GMX contracts to ETH mainnet would be a very expensive to trade on and provide liquidity. In comparision the more interesting idea might be to see if there are ways to make it easier for ETH mainnet and other users on other chains to utilize our deployments on Arbitrum & Avalanche.

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**Author:** ![BlueBerry\_KR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BlueBerry\_KR](https://gov.gmx.io/u/BlueBerry_KR)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://gov.gmx.io/t/why-not-deploy-gmx-on-eth-mainnet/2914/5 "2023-12-21T14:43:12Z")

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Closed on December 21, 2023, 2:43pm UTC