Guides & explainers
Updated as gas market changesWe focus on live tools rather than evergreen blog posts — gas market conditions move too fast for write-once-and-forget articles to stay useful. Below are the long-form pages on the site that explain the why behind the numbers, plus the live-data tools that act on it.
Why are Ethereum gas fees high?
The four drivers — block space, demand spikes, transaction complexity, ETH price — plus the patterns that cause high-fee windows.
Tips & TricksHow to reduce Ethereum gas fees
Nine proven moves to cut transaction costs: time the window, use L2s, batch operations, pick the right priority tier, set alerts.
ToolsThe best time to send ETH right now
Live "send now or wait" decision based on current gas and the next forecasted lower-fee window. Updates every 30 seconds.
EducationCheap gas times on Ethereum
7-day heatmap of the cheapest hours and days. Saturday late night to Sunday morning UTC is usually the week's lowest stretch.
L2L2 gas fees compared
Live side-by-side comparison of Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Polygon. Pick the cheapest L2 in seconds — and learn why each one is priced the way it is.
ToolsEthereum gas fee forecast
24-hour pattern-based forecast with confidence bands. Directional guidance for non-urgent transactions, not a guarantee.
ToolsUniswap swap gas fee
Live USD cost for a typical Uniswap V3 swap, across standard / fast / rapid priority tiers.
ToolsNFT mint gas fee
How much it costs to mint an NFT right now — and how mint gas varies by collection design.
L2Bridge gas fee — L1 → L2
Live cost to bridge from Ethereum to an L2. When the round trip is worth it and when it isn't.
Looking for something specific?
The site has live cost pages for every common transaction (ETH transfer, USDC transfer, Uniswap swap, NFT mint, and 11 more), live cost on every major L2 (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon), a live Gwei to USD calculator, and free gas alerts.
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