Unichain gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-04 06:29 UTC from our own Unichain nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 1e-8 ETH |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 3.2e-8 ETH |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 7.5e-8 ETH |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract. As a rollup, Unichain also charges an L1 data fee per transaction that is not included here.
Last 15 hours
Low 0.0005 · median 0.0005 · high 0.0005 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Unichain fee facts
- Gas is paid in ETH.
- Blocks arrive every 1.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Unichain 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/unichain?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Unichain block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Unichain right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-04 06:29 UTC) a standard Unichain transaction needed about 0.0005 gwei: a base fee of 0.0005 gwei plus a median tip of 0 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 1e-8 ETH. The page updates every minute.
How much does Unichain gas vary in a day?
Over the last 15 hours the standard price ranged from 0.0005 to 0.0005 gwei, with a median of 0.0005 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Unichain.
Unichain endpoints are on the Unichain RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.