eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas

Returns the current recommended priority fee per gas on Astar for EIP-1559 transactions.

Use Cases

• EIP-1559 transactions - Set appropriate priority fees
• Transaction acceleration - Calculate tips for faster inclusion
• Gas optimization - Balance speed vs cost for cross-chain DeFi, multi-VM smart contracts, and XCM-enabled interoperability with Ethereum and Cosmos

Parameters

This method accepts no parameters.

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}

Code Examples

cURL

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

JavaScript

import { JsonRpcProvider, formatUnits } from 'ethers';

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://api-astar.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY');

const feeData = await provider.getFeeData();
console.log('Max Priority Fee:', formatUnits(feeData.maxPriorityFeePerGas, 'gwei'), 'Gwei');
console.log('Max Fee Per Gas:', formatUnits(feeData.maxFeePerGas, 'gwei'), 'Gwei');

Python

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider('https://api-astar.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY'))

priority_fee = w3.eth.max_priority_fee
print(f'Max Priority Fee: {w3.from_wei(priority_fee, "gwei")} Gwei')

Related Methods

• eth_gasPrice - Get legacy gas price
• eth_feeHistory - Get historical fee data