Ethereum Fees Reach Lowest Level Since Last Summer

Alex Dovbnya

Ethereum fees cool off after a huge spike caused by the Terra mayhem

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Wed, 25/05/2022 - 20:22

Ethereum Fees Reach Lowest Level Since Last Summer

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According to data provided by Santiment, Ethereum gas prices have plunged to the level since last summer.

Ethereum gas fees are denominated in giga wei (Gwei). Users have to pay them in order to be able to perform any activity on top of the Ethereum blockchain.

Gas fees usually get significantly higher when the network becomes too congested.

Earlier this month, Ethereum fees experienced a huge increase due to the implosion of Terra despite the fact that the Ether price saw a huge decline

After TerraUSD (UST) lost its peg, users started transferring more Ethereum-based centralized stablecoins. Tether (USDT) and Circle’s USDC briefly became the biggest gas guzzlers on the Ethereum network.

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Ethereum continues to face criticism for having high transaction fees. Its lack of scaling has led to the emergence of such competing blockchains as Avalanche and Solana.

That said, Ethereum is expected to solve the aforementioned issue with the help of sharding after the merge.

As reported by U.Today, co-founder Vitalik Buterin predicted that Ethereum 2.0, the proof-of-stake iteration of the second-largest blockchain, could end up being launched as soon as August.

Apart from eliminating high gas fees, the merge is also expected to drastically reduce Ethereum’s energy consumption.

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Alex Dovbnya

Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.