EIP-1559: Analysis of the Significant Changes in the Ethereum Transaction Fee Mechanism and Potential Impacts

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Analysis of EIP-1559 Proposal: A Major Change in Ethereum's Transaction Pricing Mechanism

The EIP-1559 proposal aims to address the transaction pricing issue on the Ethereum network. This proposal was put forward by Ethereum community member Eric Conner in November 2018, making significant adjustments to the transaction pricing scheme of the Ethereum network.

The main changes include:

  1. Adjust the original market auction mechanism (highest bidder gets priority) to a model of base fee plus tips.
  2. Introduce a dynamically scalable block size design to cope with instantaneous network congestion.

Under the new mechanism, the base fee for each block is fixed but dynamically adjusts based on network congestion. The adjustment algorithm determines the increase or decrease of the base fee based on the amount of gas consumed by the previous block and the target gas limit.

When the network is congested, users can incentivize miners to prioritize packaging their transactions by paying a tip. Each transaction can specify a base fee and a tip limit.

It is worth noting that the base fee will be burned rather than going to the miners. This design may bring about a deflationary effect on ETH, which some investors see as a positive.

For miners, the implementation of EIP-1559 may affect their earnings. Miners will only be able to receive a fixed block reward and tips from transactions, losing part of their original transaction fee income.

For users and developers, the new proposal is expected to significantly improve the user experience. Users will no longer need to estimate the gas price when packaging transactions; they can simply set the maximum amount they are willing to pay. This will greatly alleviate the transaction congestion issues caused by inaccurate gas price estimates and enhance the usability of the Ethereum network.

However, the implementation of the EIP-1559 proposal still faces uncertainty. Given the potential opposition from the miner community, its final adoption remains in question. Currently, the proposal may be considered in another fork after the Ethereum "Berlin" hard fork.

In general, the EIP-1559 proposal aims to improve the usability of the Ethereum network while also affecting the earnings of miners. This complex proposal involves many aspects, and its implementation or lack thereof will have a profound impact on the Ethereum ecosystem.

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FrogInTheWellvip
· 6h ago
Ahem, the gas fee is finally not sky-high.
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WagmiWarriorvip
· 08-13 04:52
The gas prices are so high it makes me want to cry. When will they come down a bit?
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MevTearsvip
· 08-13 04:48
Hey? Isn't this just a new way to play people for suckers?
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MerkleDreamervip
· 08-13 04:45
Burning money and brain power, prices can explode at any moment.
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AirdropBlackHolevip
· 08-13 04:33
All these burning fees have gone to waste ah ಥ_ಥ
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