ETH Gas Tracker
What it shows
The current cost of sending a transaction on Ethereum, in Gwei. It shows three priority tiers (Low, Average, High) plus the protocol base fee. It is a thermometer of network congestion: the pricier it is, the more intense on-chain activity is.
How to read it
The three tiers are a cost–speed trade-off: you choose how much to pay for confirmation priority. High gas is not just a cost, it also signals something big is happening on-chain (demand, panic, a mint). Practical takeaway: schedule non-urgent operations for low-gas windows, and treat persistently high gas as a sign of intense on-chain activity worth investigating.
Parameters
- Low
- The cheapest fee: the transaction goes through but slower, when there is no rush.
- Positive reading: Very low (e.g. a few Gwei): calm network, cheap for on-chain operations.
- Neutral reading: Moderate: a typical cost outside peak hours.
- Average
- The standard fee giving a reasonable transaction confirmation time.
- Neutral reading: A reference point for the typical cost: compare Low and High against it.
- High
- The priority fee: fast confirmation when the network is congested.
- Negative reading: Very high: the network is heavily congested (e.g. NFT rush, panic), transactions are expensive.
- Neutral reading: Close to the average tier: no unusual pressure on the network.
- Base fee
- The minimum fee set automatically by the protocol and burned on every transaction.
- Neutral reading: Rises when blocks are full and falls when demand for blockspace weakens.
Example
Low 6 / Average 9 / High 14 Gwei with a 5 Gwei base fee: a calm network, a good window for cheaper operations. When those jump to 80 / 140 / 220 Gwei, the network is congested (e.g. a large NFT mint) and every transaction costs many times more.