RPC method

eth_gasPrice on Ethereum Classic

Supported on SwiftNodes

Everything below was measured on 2026-10-13 by calling eth_gasPrice on Ethereum Classic through the same endpoint customers use, and is re-measured weekly.

What eth_gasPrice does

Returns the node's suggested gas price in wei for a legacy (type 0) transaction. On EIP-1559 chains it is usually the current base fee plus a suggested tip, which can sit well above what transactions actually pay.

eth_gasPrice on Ethereum Classic: what we measured

eth_gasPrice1.00 gwei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas1.00 gwei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)0 wei

Should you use it?

Ethereum Classic blocks have no base fee, so eth_gasPrice is the price to use: there is no EIP-1559 split to optimise.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etc?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[]}'
import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etc?key=YOUR_API_KEY"),
});

const gasPrice = await client.getGasPrice(); // legacy price, wei

Other methods on Ethereum Classic

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Ethereum Classic support eth_gasPrice?

Yes. eth_gasPrice answered on the SwiftNodes Ethereum Classic endpoint when our weekly probe called it through the customer path (2026-10-13).

What is the gas price on Ethereum Classic?

eth_gasPrice returned 1.00 gwei on 2026-10-13. Live values are on our Ethereum Classic gas page.

Ethereum Classic endpoints, live block height and WebSocket status are on the Ethereum Classic RPC page.

One key covers every chain we serve, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.