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eth_estimateGas - World Chain RPC Method

Estimate gas required for transactions on World Chain. Essential for optimizing transaction costs for human-verified DeFi, identity-gated applications, bot-resistant services.

Estimates the gas necessary to execute a transaction on World Chain.

Why World Chain? Build on the human-first Ethereum L2 powered by World ID with World ID integration for free gas and priority blockspace.

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 human-verified DeFi, identity-gated applications, bot-resistant services

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.