eth_gasPrice - Bittensor RPC Method

Returns the current gas price on Bittensor in wei.

Why Bittensor? Build on the decentralized machine intelligence network built around subnets, TAO staking, and validator-miner coordination with Yuma Consensus, subnet-based specialization, dual Substrate and EVM surfaces, and onchain incentive coordination.

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 decentralized AI inference, subnet-specific AI models, TAO staking, and cross-subnet AI collaboration

Code Examples

curl -X POST https://api-bittensor-mainnet.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