eth_gasPrice - TRON RPC Method
Get current gas price on TRON. Essential for transaction cost estimation for TRC-20 transfers, wallet operations, and EVM-compatible smart contract integrations.
Returns the current gas price on TRON in wei.
Why TRON? Build on the TVM-compatible Layer 1 for TRC-20 payments, wallet APIs, and low-cost smart contract execution with TVM compatibility paired with native TRON wallet APIs, DPoS block production, and low-cost transaction flows.
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 TRC-20 transfers, wallet operations, and EVM-compatible smart contract integrations
Request Parameters
This method accepts no parameters.
Response Body
Current TRON gas price in hex. Dwellir's shared mainnet endpoint currently returns 0x64 (100 sun).
Error Responses
Code Examples
curl -X POST https://api-tron-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY/jsonrpc \
-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 TRON. Essential for optimizing transaction costs for TRC-20 transfers, wallet operations, and EVM-compatible smart contract integrations.
eth_call
Execute smart contract calls without creating transactions on TRON. Essential for reading contract state for TRC-20 transfers, wallet operations, and EVM-compatible smart contract integrations.