eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas | Hyperliquid EVM

Returns the current maximum priority fee per gas for EIP-1559 transactions. On Hyperliquid, this always returns zero.

Returns the current maximum priority fee per gas for EIP-1559 transactions. On Hyperliquid, this method always returns zero as priority fees are not used.

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Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Returns

Returns the maximum priority fee per gas as a hexadecimal string. On Hyperliquid, this is always "0x0".

On Hyperliquid, priority fees are always zero. The network uses only base fees for transaction pricing, so setting a priority fee will not affect transaction inclusion speed or priority.

cURL example

curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas","params":[],"id":1}' \
  https://hyperliquid-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/4f8d8f4040bdacd1577bff8058438274/evm

Example response:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x0"}

Use cases

• EIP-1559 compatibility — Maintain compatibility with EIP-1559 transaction format
• Wallet applications — Handle priority fee queries for cross-chain compatibility
• Fee estimation — Calculate transaction costs knowing priority fees are zero
• Protocol integration — Integrate with protocols that query priority fees