🔱 London Hard Fork a.k.a EIP 1559 is coming ...
Current Model / Bid Model
Bid Model Drawback
- All Fees go to miner
- No way to guarantee txns go through
- Overpayment (no gas refund)
EIP 1559 - New Fee Structure
A. Base Fee (Burnt)
- Set by ethereum always burned
- Minimum fee for the block
- Varies by network demand
EIP 1559 - New Fee Structure
B. Priority Fee (Tip)
- Set by users and paid to miner
- By default 2 Gwei, may change
- Higher the fee, Faster to process
EIP 1559 - New Fee Structure
C. Max Fee
- Max Fee the user is willing to pay
- No more overbidding, gurantee txns
- Extra fees will be refunded (Max - tip - base)
EIP 1559 - Adapt block size
- Block Size dynamic changes
- Smooth gas price volatility
Benefits
- Users can gurantee txn mined and return overpaid gas
- More sustainable ecosystem, classic BTC problem
- May bring deflationary model to ether and long term benefits
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