Base gas now & best time to swap
Gas is in the cheapest quarter of the last ~1024 blocks. Swap now.
Gas is cheap on Ethereum: swap now on SwapChan βBase fee, last ~1024 blocks (gwei, green = cheapest) Average base fee by hour of day (UTC): still collecting, chart fills in over the next days
0:00 UTC23:00 UTC
- Chain Id
- 1
- Chain
- Ethereum
- Now Base Fee Gwei
- 0.04151
- Median Tip Gwei
- 0.0106
- Signal
- cheap
- Swap Cost Usd Now
- $0.0179
- Best Hour Utc
- β
- History Days
- 0.13
- Recommendation
- Gas is in the cheapest quarter of the last ~1024 blocks. Swap now.
Window
- Blocks
- 1,025
- P10
- 0.04006
- Median
- 0.04749
- P90
- 0.12
By Hour Utc (4)
| Hour Utc | Avg Gwei | Samples |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.04598 | 3 |
| 21 | 0.04321 | 5 |
| 22 | 0.07843 | 9 |
| 23 | 0.07891 | 6 |
Sources: eth_feeHistory (1024 blocks, public RPC) Β· SwapChan gas sampler (every 10 min since deploy)
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"nowBaseFeeGwei": 0.04151,
"medianTipGwei": 0.0106,
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"bestHourUtc": null,
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"samples": 5
},
{
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{
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