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2025-05-19 17:08:07

Ethereum Pectra update holds the commission at a low level

After the activation of the Pectra update on May 7, the Ethereum network maintains low fees, despite a short-term spike on May 12 (up to $0.687 per transaction).

 On May 17:

  •  Average fee: 0.000061 ETH (~$0.15)
  •  30 Second Confirmation: 0.65 gwei (~$0.03)
  •  Gas all weekend – less than 1 gwei (Etherscan data)

 Cost of typical operations:

  •  Token swap: $0.48
  •  NFT Sale: $0.82
  •  Token Bridging: $0.16
  •  Loan contract: $0.41

 The median commission < $1 for 82 days in a row - since February 24

 Bitcoin is also stable:

  •   Commissions < $1.50 for the same 82 days
  •   Now the priority transaction ≈ $0.29 (2 sat/vB)
  •   The mempool is almost empty: only 2300 unconfirmed tx

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