Blob gas fees are on the rise in the cryptocurrency market. Recent data shows that a specific price point is driving up fees, setting a floor price for blobs. The total Consensus Layer fees paid are nearing 50% of total Execution Layer blob transaction fees, with a significant increase in costs over the last 24 hours.
Total blob Consensus Layer fees paid quickly approaching 50% of total Execution Layer blob tx fees Currently... Blob CL Fees📦: $378,230 EL tx fees (+ priority fees): $904,366 Median blob CL costs at $11.89 over the last 24 hours... they were around $0.000000001 48 hrs ago https://t.co/XjEPMkotBB
Only took 2 weeks for the blob gas fee to exceed the base gas fee 👀 https://t.co/xb2N77bTbL
What you can see here: First Linea used a lot of data, insensitive to the block base fee causing a huge spike in fees. Now inscriptions fill up blob usage until a very specific price, effectively setting a floor price for blobs. https://t.co/afrQU4FAbD https://t.co/dscypGtGzs