After the activation of the Pectra update on May 7, the Ethereum network maintains low fees, despite a short-term spike on May 12 (up to $0.687 per transaction).
On May 17:
- Average fee: 0.000061 ETH (~$0.15)
- 30 Second Confirmation: 0.65 gwei (~$0.03)
- Gas all weekend – less than 1 gwei (Etherscan data)
Cost of typical operations:
- Token swap: $0.48
- NFT Sale: $0.82
- Token Bridging: $0.16
- Loan contract: $0.41
The median commission < $1 for 82 days in a row - since February 24
Bitcoin is also stable:
- Commissions < $1.50 for the same 82 days
- Now the priority transaction ≈ $0.29 (2 sat/vB)
- The mempool is almost empty: only 2300 unconfirmed tx
