Ethereum Gas Tracker
Live Ethereum Mainnet gas metrics powered by Dwellir infrastructure.
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curl -sS -X POST https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/<API_Keys_Are_Not_Made_for_Bots> \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[]}'
const response = await fetch('https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/<API_Keys_Are_Not_Made_for_Bots>', {method: 'POST',headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },body: JSON.stringify({jsonrpc: '2.0',id: 1,method: 'eth_gasPrice',params: []})});const { result } = await response.json();console.log(`Gas price: ${parseInt(result, 16) / 1e9} gwei`);
import requestsDWELLIR_RPC = 'https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/<API_Keys_Are_Not_Made_for_Bots>'payload = {'jsonrpc': '2.0','id': 1,'method': 'eth_gasPrice','params': []}resp = requests.post(DWELLIR_RPC, json=payload)data = resp.json()print(f"Gas price: {int(data['result'], 16) / 1e9} gwei")
import { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers';const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/<API_Keys_Are_Not_Made_for_Bots>');const feeData = await provider.getFeeData();console.log('Gas price', Number(feeData.gasPrice) / 1e9, 'gwei');console.log('Max priority fee', Number(feeData.maxPriorityFeePerGas) / 1e9, 'gwei');
const Web3 = require('web3');const web3 = new Web3('https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/<API_Keys_Are_Not_Made_for_Bots>');const gasPrice = await web3.eth.getGasPrice();console.log('Gas price', web3.utils.fromWei(gasPrice, 'gwei'), 'gwei');
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How does Ethereum gas pricing work after EIP-1559?
EIP-1559 splits every transaction cost into a base fee that the protocol burns and a priority tip paid to validators. The base fee automatically adjusts by up to 12.5% each block around the 15M gas target, so trackers surface gradual demand changes instead of guesswork bidding.
When are Ethereum gas fees usually lowest?
Historical dashboards show the cheapest windows in the quiet overnight UTC hours—roughly 00:00–06:00 UTC—and especially across Saturday and Sunday when global DeFi and NFT activity slows. Weekday afternoons in the U.S. and Europe (about 14:00–22:00 UTC) are typically the most congested, so queue non-urgent transactions for the calmer periods.
How should I set max fee and priority fee?
Start with the live base fee, then pick a priority tip that matches your urgency (modest tips often clear standard transfers, while volatile markets may need higher incentives). Set maxFeePerGas with a comfortable buffer—commonly 1.5–2× the current base fee plus tip—so sudden spikes do not stall your transaction; any unused portion is refunded automatically.
What changed for gas after the Dencun (EIP-4844) upgrade?
March 2024’s Dencun upgrade introduced blob transactions that slashed data costs for rollups, with many Layer 2s reporting fee drops of up to 99% and mainnet averages sliding from roughly 72 gwei (about $86 swaps) to around 2.7 gwei (about $0.39 swaps) over the following year. Expect more L2 activity to shift traffic off mainnet, but base-fee swings on Ethereum still depend on on-chain demand.
How can I keep gas costs down when prices spike?
Batch related operations when protocols support it, target low-demand time slots, and consider bridging to Layer 2 networks where blob-enabled data lanes keep fees cents-cheap. Pair those tactics with live mempool trackers or alerts so you can broadcast as soon as congestion eases.
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