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POST
eth_gasPrice
curl --request POST \
  --url https://tempo-moderato.core.chainstack.com/a25a421add2280d53fdbc23417055501/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_gasPrice",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}
'
{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<string>"
}
Tempo API method that returns the current gas price in wei. On Tempo, transaction fees are paid in TIP-20 stablecoins, not a native token. The gas price returned is used to calculate the USD-denominated fee.
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Parameters

  • none

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Response

  • result — the current gas price in wei encoded as hexadecimal

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eth_gasPrice code examples

const Web3 = require("web3");
const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const web3 = new Web3(NODE_URL);

async function getGasPrice() {
  const gasPrice = await web3.eth.getGasPrice();
  console.log(`Gas price: ${gasPrice} wei`);
}

getGasPrice()

Body

application/json
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jsonrpc
string
default:2.0
​
method
string
default:eth_gasPrice
​
params
any[]
​
id
integer
default:1

Response

200 - application/json

The current gas price

​
jsonrpc
string
​
id
integer
​
result
string

The current gas price in wei encoded as hexadecimal

Last modified on January 23, 2026