RPC method

eth_gasPrice on Tempo

Supported on SwiftNodes

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

eth_gasPrice	0.6000 gwei
Base fee of the latest block	0.6000 gwei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	0 wei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)	0 wei

Should you use it?

eth_gasPrice (0.6000 gwei) was within 0% of the base fee plus the median tip paid (0.6000 gwei), so it is a reasonable default on Tempo.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/tempo?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/tempo?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 Tempo

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Tempo support eth_gasPrice?

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

What is the gas price on Tempo?

eth_gasPrice returned 0.6000 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 0.6000 gwei. Live values are on our Tempo gas page.

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

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