eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas

Returns an estimate of how much priority fee, in wei, you need to be included in a block. This method uses 80 credits from your daily balance.

Parameters

None.

Returns

result: A hexadecimal value of the priority fee, in wei, needed to be included in a block.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

• curl
• WSS

curl https://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas", "params": [], "id": 1}'

wscat -c wss://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

• JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x55d4a80"
}