Crypto Gas Fees Tracker

Gas fees are the transaction costs paid to validators who process and confirm operations on a blockchain network. On EIP-1559 compatible chains like Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Avalanche, the fee is composed of a base fee (burned by the protocol and adjusted per block) plus a priority tip that incentivises faster inclusion. Legacy networks like BNB Chain use a single gas price. Fees fluctuate with network demand — during high congestion, base fees rise automatically.

On this page. It lists 25 blockchains side by side, layer 1 networks such as Ethereum, BNB Chain and Avalanche and layer 2 networks such as Arbitrum, Base and Optimism, and shows what a standard 21,000-gas transfer costs on each at Low, Normal, High and Max priority, in Gwei and USD. Right now that cost runs from <$0.0001 on Syscoin to $0.0042 on Ethereum. The congestion and block time sections show how full each chain is and how fast it confirms, and every network links to its own tracker with a fee calculator.

Choose Layer-2 networks like Arbitrum, Base or Optimism for fees that are often 10-50x cheaper than Ethereum L1. Select "Low" priority when your transaction is not time-sensitive. Transact during off-peak hours — weekends and late-night UTC tend to have the lowest congestion. Batch multiple operations into a single transaction when possible, and always check current gas prices before confirming.

Right now the cheapest of the 25 networks tracked here for a standard transfer is Syscoin (<$0.0001), followed by Gnosis Chain (<$0.0001) and opBNB (<$0.0001). The same transfer on Ethereum mainnet costs $0.0042. Gas fees move every block, so the list above is re-sorted live by transfer cost.

A standard transfer costs $0.0042 on Ethereum mainnet right now, against <$0.0001 on Optimism, $0.00026 on Base, $0.00058 on Polygon and $0.00087 on Arbitrum. That makes mainnet about 16 times more expensive than Base right now. Layer 2 networks batch transactions and settle them on Ethereum, which keeps their fees at a fraction of mainnet even when both are busy. Each network has its own tracker with the current price and a calculator.

A tracker that polls every chain for you. Block explorers such as Etherscan, Polygonscan and BscScan show one network each, and a wallet only quotes the fee for the transaction you are about to sign. This page reads the base fee and priority tips of 25 EVM networks, prices a standard transfer in USD on each of them (<$0.0001 on Syscoin up to $0.0042 on Ethereum right now) and refreshes while it stays open. Developers who need the numbers inside an app can estimate fees with the ChainGate SDK.

Gas is paid in the native token of each network, so the answer depends on the network rather than the coin. Right now the cheapest standard transfer is on Syscoin, paid in SYS (<$0.0001), then Gnosis Chain in xDAI (<$0.0001) and opBNB in BNB (<$0.0001). The same transfer paid in ETH on Ethereum mainnet costs $0.0042. A cheap token does not mean cheap gas: Base, Arbitrum and Optimism charge gas in ETH and still cost a small fraction of Ethereum mainnet, because they bundle many transactions into one settlement on Ethereum.

Open the Ethereum gas tracker. It shows the current base fee plus the priority tip for Low, Normal, High and Max speed, in gwei and USD, and refreshes automatically. Right now Ethereum gas is 0.1 gwei and a standard ETH transfer costs $0.0042. The calculator on that page gives the cost of a token transfer, a swap or an NFT mint at the current price or at any gas price you type in, and the question above shows how mainnet compares with the layer 2 networks at this moment.

No. Bitcoin has no gas: miners price a transaction by its size in virtual bytes, in satoshis per vB, and the rate rises when the mempool is full. This page covers EVM networks only. Live sat/vB rates for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash, with the cost of a typical transfer in USD, are on the ChainGate Bitcoin fee tracker, and the Bitcoin fees guide explains how those fees work. Bitcoin fee tracker

Right now a stablecoin transfer costs <$0.0001 on Syscoin, <$0.0001 on Gnosis Chain and <$0.0001 on opBNB, paid in each network's own gas token. The same transfer on Ethereum mainnet costs $0.01. A USDT or USDC transfer is a token transfer of about 65,000 gas, three times a plain coin transfer, so every network ranks in the same order as the list above. The network also has to be one both sides support: the exchange or wallet you send from decides which networks it offers for USDT and USDC and what it charges on top, and the receiving side must accept the same one, or the funds arrive on a network the recipient cannot see. Tron (TRC-20) is not an EVM chain and is not tracked here. What ERC-20, BEP-20 and TRC-20 mean when you pick a network