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eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas

Returns an estimate of how much priority fee, in wei, you need to be included in a block.

For Growth and Custom service plans

This JSON-RPC method allows a request to be forwarded to a partner service provider if Infura should experience a service issue or outage. See Failover protection and Enable API request forwarding for complete details.

If you would like failover protection but don't qualify under your current plan, then either self-upgrade to the Growth plan or contact a sales representative to upgrade to a Custom plan.

Parameters​

None.

Returns​

result: A hexadecimal value of the priority fee, in wei, needed to be included in a block.

Example​

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request​

curl https://polygon-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response​

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x55d4a80"
}