Ink gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-15 12:24 UTC from our own Ink nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 5e-11 ETH |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 1.6e-10 ETH |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 3.6e-10 ETH |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract. As a rollup, Ink also charges an L1 data fee per transaction that is not included here.
Last 24 hours
Low 4e-7 · median 0.0000024 · high 0.0012 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Ink fee facts
- Gas is paid in ETH.
- Blocks arrive every 1.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Ink uses EIP-1559 fees: set maxFeePerGas above the base fee and a maxPriorityFeePerGas tip.
Get fees in code
import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";
const client = createPublicClient({ transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/ink?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Ink block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Ink right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-15 12:24 UTC) a standard Ink transaction needed about 0.0000024 gwei: a base fee of 2.8e-7 gwei plus a median tip of 0.0000021 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 5e-11 ETH. The page updates every minute.
How much does Ink gas vary in a day?
Over the last 24 hours the standard price ranged from 4e-7 to 0.0012 gwei, with a median of 0.0000024 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Ink.
Ink endpoints are on the Ink RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.