Ethereum Gas Prices Reach Historic Low Under 3 Gwei Following Dencun Upgrade
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According to a Dune Analytics dashboard by @hildobby, the Ethereum gas price currently stands slightly higher at 3.13 gwei. This drop is significant when compared to a year ago, when the median gas price was around 18 gwei, approximately six times higher than the current rate. The highest gas price for 2024 was recorded on March 5, with a one-day median of 83 gwei.
The steep decline in Ethereum gas prices followed the activation of the network’s Dencun upgrade on March 13. This upgrade introduced proto-danksharding, which replaced gas-intensive calldata with lightweight Binary Large Objects (blobs) via EIP-4844, drastically reducing costs associated with Layer 2 transactions. As a result, gas fees on top Layer 2 networks dropped by more than 90%, significantly alleviating the burden on Ethereum’s mainnet by finalizing L2 transaction bundles.
While the reduction in Layer 2 transaction baggage led to a dramatic decrease in Ethereum gas prices, the Dencun upgrade also appears to have had an unintended consequence.
According to Ultra Sound Money, Ethereum’s supply has grown by 120,172,371 ETH, a rate much higher than Bitcoin’s, impacting ETH’s price significantly. The upgrade has thus challenged Ethereum’s deflationary narrative by increasing the Ether supply.
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