RPC method

eth_gasPrice on World Chain

Supported on SwiftNodes

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

eth_gasPrice	0.00150 gwei
Base fee of the latest block	500,000 wei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	0.00100 gwei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)	0.00100 gwei

Should you use it?

eth_gasPrice (0.00150 gwei) was within 0% of the base fee plus the median tip paid (0.00150 gwei), so it is a reasonable default on World Chain.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/worldchain?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/worldchain?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 World Chain

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does World Chain support eth_gasPrice?

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

What is the gas price on World Chain?

eth_gasPrice returned 0.00150 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 500,000 wei. Live values are on our World Chain gas page.

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

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