Blockchain networks continue to evolve. After the London upgrade in August 2021, Ethereum received its new gas fee formula, with the EIP-1559 ETH base fee burning. It also set the block size between 15–30M gas, representing the total amount of gas used for all included transactions in a block. Set a max fee limit on your transaction Last month, Binance launched a zero Bitcoin trading fees option for users worldwide to commemorate its 5thbirthday. The zero fees offers comes at a time when the crypto market has been in largely bearish territory, forcing other exchanges like Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) to report lower revenues due to a slowdown in trading activity.
The transaction on the Ethereum network with a massive 20 ETH gas fee was sent by an anonymous user. This transaction, with a fee equivalent to 927,246 Gwei, is considered one of the largest gas fees recorded on the Ethereum network after the 2021 bull market. It is worth noting that another transaction from the same wallet was sent for 6 ETH, indicating that the user may have intentionally set such a high gas fee. Learn About AWS To reduce the cost of your total gas fee through a lower base fee, you could make your transaction on the network at a time when fewer people are using the blockchain. This is because, in a way, base fees are a representation of demand for using Ethereum. Gas fees are higher when more work is required to interact with the Ethereum network. More work is required when there are more people trying to interact with the network. Therefore, if you can find a time where there is less demand to interact with the Ethereum network, you could spend less on gas by reducing the base fee of your transaction. Weekends are usually the best time for that.