eth_gasPrice - Arbitrum RPC Method

Returns the current gas price on Arbitrum in wei.

Why Arbitrum? Build on Ethereum's leading Layer 2 with 46% L2 market share and $12B+ TVL with full EVM compatibility, 1.5M daily transactions, and $3B+ DAO treasury for ecosystem growth.

Use Cases

The eth_gasPrice method is essential for:

• Transaction pricing - Set appropriate gas prices
• Cost estimation - Calculate transaction costs before sending
• Gas monitoring - Track network congestion
• DeFi operations - Optimize costs for high-volume DeFi (GMX, Uniswap, Aave), gaming, and cross-chain applications

Code Examples

curl -X POST https://api-arbitrum-mainnet-archive.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_gasPrice",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
  }'

Error Handling

Related Methods

• eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas - Get priority fee (EIP-1559)
• eth_feeHistory - Get historical fee data
• eth_estimateGas - Estimate gas needed