Kaia gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-04 10:38 UTC from our own Kaia nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 0.00058 KAIA |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 0.0018 KAIA |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 0.0041 KAIA |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract.
Last 20 hours
Low 25.00 · median 27.50 · high 84.80 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Kaia fee facts
- Gas is paid in KAIA.
- Blocks arrive every 1.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Kaia 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/kaia?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Kaia block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Kaia right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-04 10:38 UTC) a standard Kaia transaction needed about 27.50 gwei: a base fee of 25.00 gwei plus a median tip of 2.50 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 0.00058 KAIA. The page updates every minute.
How much does Kaia gas vary in a day?
Over the last 20 hours the standard price ranged from 25.00 to 84.80 gwei, with a median of 27.50 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Kaia.
Kaia endpoints are on the Kaia RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.