eth_feeHistory on Story

Measured 2026-10-11 by our weekly probe, which calls eth_feeHistory through the same Story endpoint customers use.

What eth_feeHistory does

Returns base fees, gas-used ratios and optional priority-fee percentiles for a range of recent blocks. Wallets and SDKs use it to set maxFeePerGas and maxPriorityFeePerGas instead of guessing from eth_gasPrice.

eth_feeHistory on Story: what we measured

• With 2.4 s blocks, a 20-block window covers about 47 seconds of Story fee history.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/story?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_feeHistory","params":["0x14","latest",[25,50,75]]}'

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

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

// Any JSON-RPC method, typed loosely: eth_feeHistory on Story
const result = await client.request({
  method: "eth_feeHistory",
  params: ["0x14","latest",[25,50,75]],
});

Other methods on Story

• eth_blockNumberSupported
• eth_chainIdSupported
• eth_getBalanceSupported
• eth_getBlockByNumberSupported
• eth_getTransactionByHashNot measured
• eth_getTransactionReceiptNot measured
• eth_callSupported
• eth_estimateGasSupported
• eth_gasPriceSupported
• eth_maxPriorityFeePerGasSupported
• eth_sendRawTransactionSupported
• eth_getTransactionCountNot measured
• eth_getCodeSupported
• eth_subscribeSupported
• eth_getLogsSupported
• eth_getBlockReceiptsSupported
• eth_getProofSupported
• eth_createAccessListSupported
• debug_traceCallNot available
• trace_blockNot available
• trace_transactionNot available

eth_feeHistory on other chains

Support differs by chain; the full measured table is on the eth_feeHistory reference.

• Ethereum
• Base
• Arbitrum
• Optimism
• Polygon
• BNB Smart Chain
• Avalanche
• Sonic
• Linea
• Scroll
• zkSync Era
• Blast
• Mantle
• Gnosis
• Celo
• Berachain
• Monad
• Unichain
• Kaia
• PulseChain
• World Chain
• Ronin
• Abstract
• ApeChain
• MegaETH
• Fantom
• Lisk
• Hemi
• X Layer
• BOB
• Plasma
• Fraxtal
• Zora
• Soneium
• Sei
• Hyperliquid
• Taiko
• Morph
• Ink
• Katana
• Ethereum Classic
• opBNB
• Mode
• Flare
• Core
• Chiliz
• Telos EVM
• Tempo
• Cronos
• Manta Pacific
• Shibarium
• Boba Network
• Arbitrum Nova
• Immutable zkEVM

Frequently asked questions