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eth_estimateGas - Hyperliquid RPC Method

Estimate gas required for transactions on Hyperliquid. Essential for optimizing transaction costs for perpetual futures trading, onchain order books, and institutional-grade derivatives.

Estimates the gas necessary to execute a transaction on Hyperliquid.

Why Hyperliquid? Build on the trading-focused EVM and HyperCore ecosystem built for onchain perpetuals and market data with HyperCore market structure, sub-second finality, and direct access to trading-focused data services.

Use Cases

The eth_estimateGas method is essential for:

  • Transaction preparation - Set appropriate gas limits
  • Cost estimation - Calculate transaction costs before sending
  • Error detection - Identify reverts before spending gas
  • DeFi operations - Estimate costs for perpetual futures trading, onchain order books, and institutional-grade derivatives

Code Examples

Error Handling

Error CodeMessageDescription
-32000Execution revertedTransaction would fail
-32602Invalid paramsInvalid transaction parameters

Tip: If estimation fails, the transaction would likely revert if sent.