RPC method

eth_gasPrice on Kaia

Supported on SwiftNodes

Everything below was measured on 2026-10-13 by calling eth_gasPrice on Kaia 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 Kaia: what we measured

eth_gasPrice	27.50 gwei
Base fee of the latest block	25.00 gwei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	0 wei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)	4.27 gwei

Should you use it?

eth_gasPrice (27.50 gwei) was within 6% of the base fee plus the median tip paid (29.27 gwei), so it is a reasonable default on Kaia.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/kaia?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/kaia?key=YOUR_API_KEY"),
});

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

// EIP-1559 fees from recent blocks instead of the suggestion
const { baseFeePerGas, reward } = await client.getFeeHistory({ blockCount: 20, rewardPercentiles: [50] });
const tips = reward!.map((r) => r[0]).sort((a, b) => (a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0));
const maxPriorityFeePerGas = tips[10];
const maxFeePerGas = baseFeePerGas.at(-1)! * 2n + maxPriorityFeePerGas;

Other methods on Kaia

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Kaia support eth_gasPrice?

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

What is the gas price on Kaia?

eth_gasPrice returned 27.50 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 25.00 gwei. Live values are on our Kaia gas page.

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

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