gas fees

CoinDesk's Christine Lee speaks to Vitalik Buterin about the challenges of transitioning into Ethereum 2.0, gas fees, layer 1 competitions as well as his views on the Canadian trucker protests.

18 feb 2022

Skale Co-Founder and CEO Jack O’Holleran joins CoinDesk TV’s Christine Lee at the 2022 ETHDenver conference to announce the new $100 million grant program for projects in the Skale ecosystem, with a specific emphasis on blockchain gaming initiatives.

18 feb 2022

Ethereum's dominance in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is shrinking because of congestion and high gas fees, JPMorgan said in an analyst report. "The Hash" team discusses their assessment of the findings and why Ethereum might still be the superior blockchain.

20 jan 2022

Global Innovation Leader at Ernst & Young Paul Brody discusses his CoinDesk article titled “2022 Is the Year of Ethereum,” offering insights into why Ethereum will become the dominant blockchain ecosystem. Brody explains how layer 2 solutions like Polygon resolve the issue of Ethereum’s gas fees and gives his perspective on competing projects like Solana and Cosmos.

7 jan 2022

CoinDesk Research Associate George Kaloudis joins the “First Mover” panel to discuss the 2021 CoinDesk Annual Report. Topics include the decline of bitcoin dominance, Ethereum gas fees triggering the rise of scaling-focused altcoins like Polygon and Solana, and how El Salvador’s legalization of bitcoin impacted the crypto market. Plus, a look into the future of bitcoin mining as Kazakhstan, the country that became second only to the US in bitcoin mining hashrate, is suffering the worst protests in 30 years and internet blackouts.

6 jan 2022

John Wu, President of Ava Labs, best known for building the “layer 1” Avalanche blockchain, discusses the outlook for layer 1 tokens and the wider crypto markets. This comes as gas fees on “layer 2” solution Ethereum remain near all-time highs. Meanwhile, Ava Labs has been chosen for Mastercard’s Crypto Accelerator Program.

9 dec 2021

Ethereum miners are not happy about EIP 1559, a planned fee-structure overhaul mechanism meant to correct sky-high gas fees. Ethereum miners are making efforts to hold up the network, causing developers to push for a faster timeline for launching Ethereum 2.0.

15 mrt 2021

An Ethereum proposal called EIP 1559 will result in a major update to address rising transaction fees. "The Hash" panel discusses why Ethereum miners and developers are at odds over this and whether or not the plan will actually make gas fees more affordable.

5 mrt 2021

Ethereum transaction fees, called "gas fees," have been rising along with ETH's value, hitting an all-time-high. "The Hash" team discusses what spillover impact this is having on DeFi products.

22 feb 2021