eth_gasPrice - Monad RPC Method
Get current gas price on Monad. Essential for transaction cost estimation for high-throughput DeFi, latency-sensitive trading, and scalable EVM applications.
Returns the current gas price on Monad in wei.
Why Monad? Build on the parallel EVM L1 delivering 10,000 TPS with 400ms blocks and sub-cent gas fees with optimistic parallel execution, MonadBFT consensus, $244M Paradigm-led funding, and consumer-grade validator hardware requirements.
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-throughput DeFi, latency-sensitive trading, and scalable EVM applications
Code Examples
Error Handling
| Error Code | Message | Description |
|---|---|---|
| -32603 | Internal error | Node error |
Related Methods
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas- Get priority fee (EIP-1559)eth_feeHistory- Get historical fee dataeth_estimateGas- Estimate gas needed
eth_estimateGas
Estimate gas required for transactions on Monad. Essential for optimizing transaction costs for high-throughput DeFi, latency-sensitive trading, and scalable EVM applications.
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas
Get the suggested priority fee (tip) per gas for EIP-1559 transactions on Monad. Essential for gas estimation, fee optimization, and time-sensitive transaction pricing.