eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas: parameters, returns and CU

Summary

Return the node's suggested EIP-1559 priority fee (tip) per gas, in wei.

Compute units (CU) and pricing

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Returns

• Type: QUANTITY
• Description: Suggested priority fee as a 0x-prefixed hexadecimal quantity in wei.

Notes

The value covers only the tip, not the base fee; an EIP-1559 transaction also needs the block base fee to derive maxFeePerGas.

Request example

export BLOCKVECTRA_API_KEY=rgw_your_api_key

curl -X POST "https://api.blockvectra.com/v1/robinhood_mainnet" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "x-api-key: $BLOCKVECTRA_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
  }'

Supported chains

Related references

• JSON-RPC Error Codes
• Method Policy
• All JSON-RPC Methods