> ## Documentation Index
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# eth_blobBaseFee | Arc

> Arc API method that returns the current blob base fee per gas in wei. Arc inherits this from the EIP-4844 specification. On Arc.

Arc API method that returns the current blob base fee per gas in wei. Arc inherits this from the EIP-4844 specification.

## Parameters

* `none`

## Response

* `result` — the current blob base fee in wei, encoded as hexadecimal.

## `eth_blobBaseFee` code examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={"system"}
  curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_blobBaseFee", "params": [], "id": 1}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi/arc_node_api/gas_data/eth_blobBaseFee.json POST /
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Chainstack Node API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: This is an API for interacting with a Chainstack node.
servers:
  - url: https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c
security: []
paths:
  /:
    post:
      tags:
        - upload
      summary: eth_blobBaseFee
      operationId: eth_blobBaseFee
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  type: integer
                  default: 1
                jsonrpc:
                  type: string
                  default: '2.0'
                method:
                  type: string
                  default: eth_blobBaseFee
                params:
                  type: array
                  default: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the result of eth_blobBaseFee.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  jsonrpc:
                    type: string
                  id:
                    type: integer
                  result:
                    type: string
              example:
                jsonrpc: '2.0'
                id: 1
                result: '0x1'

````