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eth_blobBaseFee

Returns the expected base fee for blobs in the next block. This method uses 80 credits from your daily balance.

Parameters

None.

Returns

The expected base fee in wei, represented as a hexadecimal.

Example

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

Request

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

Response

{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x1"
}