eth_gasPrice - Tempo RPC Method
Get current gas price on Tempo. Essential for transaction cost estimation for merchant settlement, treasury operations, payout automation, and stablecoin-native financial applications.
Returns the current gas price on Tempo in wei.
Why Tempo? Build on a payments-first EVM chain with deterministic settlement and stablecoin-native fees with no native gas token, fees denominated in supported USD stablecoins, and full EVM RPC compatibility.
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 merchant settlement, treasury operations, payout automation, and stablecoin-native financial applications
Request Parameters
This method accepts no parameters.
Response Body
Current gas price in wei (hexadecimal)
Code Examples
curl -X POST https://api-tempo-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_gasPrice",
"params": [],
"id": 1
}'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 Tempo. Essential for optimizing transaction costs for merchant settlement, treasury operations, payout automation, and stablecoin-native financial applications.
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas
Get the suggested priority fee (tip) per gas for EIP-1559 transactions on Tempo. Essential for gas estimation, fee optimization, and time-sensitive transaction pricing.