Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

String

The hex value of the base fee for the next block.

Request

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "eth_baseFee",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "eth_baseFee",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = [];
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  const result = await provider.send("eth_baseFee", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = [];
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  const result = await provider.send("eth_baseFee", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = []
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request = w3.provider.make_request('eth_baseFee', params)
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print(request)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = []
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request = w3.provider.make_request('eth_baseFee', params)
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print(request)

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