Ethereum Fees Fall on 5-Year Low as well as transaction volume

Transaction costs on the Etherum networks have fallen at the lowest level in five years, because the amount of activity on the BlockCain is in sloping, according to Onchain Analytics platform Santiment.
Etherum network fees now about $ 0.168 per transaction and reducing fees matching fewer people sending ether (El) and interaction with smart agreements, marketing director in Santiment Brian quinulivan said In blog 17. April.
“When many people use Etherum, users give higher fees to get transactions faster, this launches average costs,” said Quinlivan.
“When smaller people are transient, as we now see, users do not have to give a lot to a leader. As a result, the average fee falls,” he explained. “It is basically a system of supply and request.”
Quinlivan said that, from the perspective of trade, small fee can turn off the jump prices, though, added that traders seem patiently waiting for the traders Global economic uncertainty to pass Before making their usual frequency of ETRA and AltCoin transactions.
Traditional and crypto market Tanced after after my presidential Trump were announced 2. April. Many funds have not recovered at the same level as before their detection, despite team exceptions and a 90-day break for most Countries.
ETH fell over 12.5% in the last 14 days and traded apartment in the last 24 hours, floating only below $ 1,600, toward For coongecko.
“We can see the increased sensitivity to Etherum discussions and news about tariffs / economy, because prices are really endangered by a long-lasting support level,” Kuinlivan said.
“This more retail communities leans from property, especially those with still successful development, which is more likely to recover surprise with small resistance,” he added.
Pectra upgrade on the road
After delay due to the configuration and an issue problem An unknown striker causing headaches During the activity of Holeski and Sepolia Testet Activations, The Pectra Upgrade for Etherum Network It is now scheduled to go live on Mainet 7. May.
The phase is expected to double the layer capacity-2 of three to six, reduce transaction fees and network congestion and allow compensation to be paid in StableCons such as USDC (USDC) and DAY (Dai).
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The maximum placement limit is also increased from 32 ETE to 2,048 ETE.
The second phase of Pectra is expected at the end of 2025. years and will introduce a new data structure to improve data storage and a system that improves scalability to enable the nodes without storing the entire data set.
Forca forci follows the upgrade of the Dencun network in March 2024. years, which reduced transaction fees for the layer networks-2 and It improved the economy Etherum Rollupsa.
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2025-04-17 08:30:00