🔱 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
    • Txn spike on airdrops
  • 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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