eth_gasPrice on Story
Everything below was measured on 2026-10-13 by calling eth_gasPrice on Story 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 Story: what we measured
| eth_gasPrice | 0.1000 gwei |
|---|---|
| Base fee of the latest block | 23 wei |
| eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas | 0.1000 gwei |
| Median tip paid (last 20 blocks) | 0 wei |
Should you use it?
eth_gasPrice suggested 0.1000 gwei, but the base fee plus the median tip actually paid came to 23 wei. A legacy transaction priced with eth_gasPrice pays about 4347827.1 times what it needs to. Send EIP-1559 transactions with the tip taken from eth_feeHistory.
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_gasPrice","params":[]}'import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";
const client = createPublicClient({
transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/story?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 Story
- eth_blockNumberSupported
- eth_chainIdSupported
- eth_getBalanceSupported
- eth_getBlockByNumberSupported
- eth_getTransactionByHashNot measured
- eth_getTransactionReceiptNot measured
- eth_callSupported
- eth_estimateGasSupported
- eth_maxPriorityFeePerGasSupported
- eth_sendRawTransactionSupported
- eth_getTransactionCountNot measured
- eth_getCodeSupported
- eth_subscribeSupported
- eth_getLogsSupported
- eth_getBlockReceiptsSupported
- eth_feeHistorySupported
- eth_getProofSupported
- eth_createAccessListSupported
- debug_traceCallNot available
- trace_blockNot available
- trace_transactionNot available
eth_gasPrice on other chains
- 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
Does Story support eth_gasPrice?
Yes. eth_gasPrice answered on the SwiftNodes Story endpoint when our weekly probe called it through the customer path (2026-10-13).
What is the gas price on Story?
eth_gasPrice returned 0.1000 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 23 wei. Live values are on our Story gas page.
Story endpoints, live block height and WebSocket status are on the Story RPC page.
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