Gas

Ethereum

DOGE Imitators Help Send Ethereum Transaction Fees to All-Time Highs

Colin HarperMay 11, 2021

As SHIB and others doggedly chase DOGE's success, Ethereum transaction fees are running away with them.

DeFi

Balancer V2 Goes Live, Promising Reduced Gas Fees for DeFi Traders

Sebastian SinclairMay 11, 2021

In a bid to reduce Ethereum fees on the platform, all pools managed by Balancer will now be administered from a single vault.

Ethereum Gas

Ethereum Gas Fees at 6-Month Low as Market Cools, Layer 2 Solutions Ease Congestion

Muyao ShenJun 28, 2021

Ethereum gas fees have abated with decreasing network congestion. Also, there's Flashbots.

Ethereum

Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum

Muyao ShenFeb 8, 2021

The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs.

DeFi

One Big Pool: Balancer’s New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees

Brady DaleFeb 2, 2021

Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.

Gas

Opinion

High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum

Michael Garbade

Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases.

CoinDesk Research

Around the Crypto World in 15 Charts: CoinDesk Research’s August Review

Noelle Acheson

In 15 charts, the CoinDesk Monthly Review for August details BTC's performance, its relationship to fiat currencies and Ethereum’s growing congestion problem.

BitGo

BitGo Weighs Building a Sidechain for WBTC as Ethereum Fees Climb

William Foxley

Digital asset trust company BitGo is in the process of “reaching out” to community partners to build an Ethereum sidechain because of rising fees, according to CTO Ben Chan.

Gas

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $11.8K; Ethereum Gas at All-Time High

Daniel Cawrey

Many bitcoin stakeholders expect a weak market this week to cap August while DeFi continues to stretch Ethereum’s network.

Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sinks to $11.6K as Ether’s Gas Keeps Rising

Daniel Cawrey

As bitcoin’s price falls, Ethereum’s fees rise.

Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Consider New Fee Model as Gas Costs Climb

William Foxley

With EIP 1559, Ethereum developers are proposing a dynamic pricing system to lower the blockchain network's current high gas fees.

Ethereum

Ethereum Logged Its Busiest Week on Record

Omkar Godbole

It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.