eth_gasPrice - opBNB RPC Method

Returns the current gas price on opBNB in wei.

Why opBNB? Build on Binance's high-performance L2 processing 100M+ daily transactions with the lowest L2 gas fees with sub-$0.0001 gas fees, 5-10K TPS, sub-second block times via Volta/Maxwell upgrades, and OP Stack architecture.

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 fully on-chain games, high-frequency DeFi, and cost-sensitive applications on BNB Chain

Code Examples

curl -X POST https://api-opbnb-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