Plasma gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-15 12:10 UTC from our own Plasma nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 1.9e-13 XPL |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 5.9e-13 XPL |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 1.4e-12 XPL |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract.
Last 24 hours
Low 8e-9 · median 9e-9 · high 0.1 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Plasma fee facts
- Gas is paid in XPL.
- Blocks arrive every 1.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Plasma 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/plasma?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Plasma block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Plasma right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-15 12:10 UTC) a standard Plasma transaction needed about 9e-9 gwei: a base fee of 8e-9 gwei plus a median tip of 1e-9 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 1.9e-13 XPL. The page updates every minute.
How much does Plasma gas vary in a day?
Over the last 24 hours the standard price ranged from 8e-9 to 0.1 gwei, with a median of 9e-9 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Plasma.
Plasma endpoints are on the Plasma RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.