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Gas and Fees

The metering of computation.

The Course

Metered computation, presented as the halting problem in economic form. EIP-1559 is walked in full — base fee, priority fee, burn — with a working estimator.

Outcomes
  • 01

    Explain gas as a metering mechanism.

  • 02

    Read EIP-1559 fees.

  • 03

    Estimate the gas cost of a contract call.

Prerequisites
  • — Ethereum Accounts and State.
Pacing

~2 hours.

A Note from the Faculty

Gas is Ethereum's way of putting a price on time.