By Yuliya, PANews

Before every on-chain operation, have you ever subconsciously checked your wallet, silently wondering, "Do I have enough ETH to cover the gas?" or "Will the transaction get stuck?" The anxiety of seeing gas prices soar, the possibility of transaction failure or doubled costs, is a common memory for every Web3 user. Ethereum, as a global decentralized computer for building a new financial system, undoubtedly holds great promise. However, the current user experience is far from ideal. Network latency, wildly fluctuating gas fees, and uncertainty surrounding transaction confirmations combine to create an invisible barrier to mass adoption. Every transaction is a gamble between speed and cost. This friction is not only a user experience pain point but also a "hidden tax" levied on the entire digital economy.

The ETHGas project was born to break this dilemma and usher in a paradigm shift towards "realtime Ethereum." Its goal is to build a realtime infrastructure that accelerates Ethereum, completely ending gas fee anxiety and enabling smooth transactions with "invisible gas."

Creating a Gasless Digital City

To understand ETHGas’ solution, we first need to look at Ethereum’s congestion problem from a different perspective.

Imagine Ethereum as a rapidly expanding digital metropolis. Every 12 seconds, a new, undeveloped piece of land—a so-called "block"—is created. Blockspace is the limited area on this land available for construction. Every user transaction and every NFT minting is like trying to build a house on this new land. When the market is booming, thousands of people rush in simultaneously, vying for this limited "digital land." To ensure their "building plans" are prioritized, users are forced to engage in fierce bidding, which is the origin of high gas fees.

For years, users have been stuck in a chaotic auction, worried about failing to bid enough and wasting money by bidding too high. Faced with this situation, the mainstream industry research has focused on "account abstraction" (such as ERC-4337). While promising, this approach has introduced new complexity, costs, and slowed ecosystem adoption.

ETHGas's solution is completely different: it is not a patch on the existing system, but a reconstruction of the rules at the bottom level, transforming the chaotic "blockspace" auction market into a structured financial market, thereby building a true "realtime Ethereum".

Reshaping Ethereum's operating model: Four pillars build a growth flywheel

To achieve this ambitious vision, ETHGas' solution is built on four interrelated and mutually reinforcing strategic pillars.

1. Say goodbye to 12 seconds of waiting, just click and it’s done (Inclusion Preconfirmations)

Ethereum produces blocks every 12 seconds, a snail's pace for front-running bots and high-frequency traders. As a first step toward this transformation, ETHGas uses "Inclusion Preconfirmations" technology to reduce transaction settlement time from 12 seconds to an astonishing 3 milliseconds. For users, DEX exchanges and NFT bids are now a single click away, eliminating the anxiety of waiting for transactions to be processed.

2. Turning Blockspace into a tradable financial asset

Speed alone isn't enough; an efficient resource allocation mechanism is also needed. The core of ETHGas is financialization. It transforms Ethereum's most core and chaotic resource—blockspace—into a standardized, tradable financial product, and establishes a dedicated exchange for this purpose.

On this exchange, what is traded is not tokens, but:

• "Inclusion Preconfirmations" : Buy a guarantee in a block to ensure that your transaction will be included in the chain.
• “Whole Block Commitments” : MEV robots or large protocols with deep pockets can directly “buy” an entire block and freely arrange transactions.
• In the future, there will be “Base Fee Futures” : dApps can lock in future gas costs in advance, just like buying insurance.

This essentially transforms the chaotic auction where the highest bidder wins into a structured financial market that allows for pre-trading and risk hedging, much like stock options. In this new market, participants are clearly divided into buyers and sellers:

• Blockspace buyers (e.g., traders, developers): No longer need to build complex infrastructure to secure blocks. Now, they can directly purchase transaction “certainty” on blockspace markets, dramatically increasing efficiency and success rates.
• Blockspace sellers (such as validators): They can sell their blockspace as a high-quality programmable asset in this new market, creating a powerful and predictable new revenue stream.

3. Predictable returns fuel the ecosystem

A market requires active sellers. So, why are validators willing to sell their blockspace? The answer lies in stable and more generous incentives. ETHGas provides a plug-and-play module for validators—Commit Boost. Once activated, validators automatically list their blockspace on exchanges and sell it to large investors. This income is stable and additional, far exceeding traditional MEV returns. Validators have transformed themselves from "miners" to "blockspace sellers." More importantly, because of the predictable income, staking operators can launch "fixed-rate financial products," attracting large amounts of traditional financial capital into the Ethereum ecosystem.

4. "Gasless Future" Removes the User Experience Threshold

When the underlying speed, market, and incentives are ready, the ultimate value will be passed on to ordinary users. Compared to the still-exploring complex "account abstraction" solution, ETHGas provides an immediately usable "zero-code" solution, the core of which is an innovative gas fee subsidy and rebate mechanism.

dApps can partner directly with ETHGas to subsidize users' gas fees. In phase 1, users still pay gas fees as normal when transacting, but the partnering dApp commits to covering this expense and sending the corresponding subsidy to ETHGas. Users can then claim the subsidized gas fees on the ETHGas Rebate Dashboard, which will be launched in Q4, achieving "gas fee cashback" and ultimately achieving "zero gas transactions."

For users, when performing operations such as token exchange, minting or staking, they can not only obtain Gas rebates to save costs, but also accumulate points in the future to enjoy more rewards, thereby encouraging users to contribute to the ecosystem.

For dApps, this isn't just a short-term marketing tactic to attract new users; it's also a long-term competitive barrier. First, use subsidies to attract users, then, through data analysis, gradually internalize gas costs into their business model.

These four components work together to build a growth flywheel for ETHGas, allowing every participant to benefit from it:

• Validators/Staking Nodes (Sellers) : Isn't it just about earning a few staking rewards and a bit of MEV? Now, with ETHGas' "Commit Boost" module, you can sell your blockspace as premium goods to institutional buyers on exchanges, generating stable and higher income. This opens up the possibility of "fixed-rate staking," dramatically increasing its appeal to large institutional investors.
• Traders/Protocols (Buyers) : No longer need to build complex infrastructure to secure blocks. Now, you can buy "finality" directly on the exchange with money. Front-running, emergency liquidations, oracle updates—all time-sensitive operations can be handled with money, significantly improving efficiency and success rates.
• dApps/Protocols (User Growth) : Exchanges have made gas costs predictable and hedgeable (through futures), allowing dApps to finally offer free gas fees. Free gas fees attract a large number of users, which naturally leads to a surge in transaction volume, and the value of blockspace also rises.
• Ordinary users (the ultimate beneficiaries) : The most direct benefit is gas rebates. When you trade on a partnered dApp, you get reimbursed in ETHGas. It's like a cashback platform for on-chain life, saving money on every transaction.

The idea that liquidity never sleeps is being used in new ways here.

Introducing a points program to expand the community, offering early participants special recognition and future community rewards

To convey this vision to the wider community, ETHGas launched the “Beanstalk Bonanza ” event on September 11th, aiming to reward users for early participation and contributions.

Participation is simple and straightforward:

1. Visit the event page: [ Related Links ]

2. Bind your X (Twitter) account: It only takes 30 seconds to activate your Beans account.

3. Complete the newbie tasks: Easily earn the first batch of "Beans" through social operations such as following and forwarding.

Remember: every “bean” earned today is part of future rewards and a proof of identity as an early builder of “realtime Ethereum”!

The ETHGas community plan will be implemented in chapters. The first chapter focuses on social tasks and recommendations, while the second chapter will revolve around gas reporting, laying the foundation for further optimization of the blockspace market.

Reshaping the interactive experience is the ultimate goal

The ultimate goal of ETHGas is to completely “eliminate” gas fees from users’ perception. To achieve this goal, ETHGas will expand across all major Layer 2s and attract institutional funds by providing predictable returns.

Imagine that when Ethereum becomes instant and gasless, decentralized applications will finally be able to compete head-on with Web2 giants in terms of user experience. This is not just an experience optimization, but also a fundamental revolution that opens the door to the next billion users.