RPC method

eth_gasPrice on Taiko

Supported on SwiftNodes

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

eth_gasPrice	0.0100 gwei
Base fee of the latest block	0.0100 gwei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	0 wei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)	0 wei

Should you use it?

eth_gasPrice (0.0100 gwei) was within 0% of the base fee plus the median tip paid (0.0100 gwei), so it is a reasonable default on Taiko.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/taiko?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/taiko?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 Taiko

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Taiko support eth_gasPrice?

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

What is the gas price on Taiko?

eth_gasPrice returned 0.0100 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 0.0100 gwei. Live values are on our Taiko gas page.

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

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