The Blob Fee Cycle

Interactive chart tracing Ethereum blob base fees from the 1-wei floor at Dencun launch (Mar 2024) through the Dec 2025 surge to an all-time high of 5.69 gwei — click any data point for block-level detail.

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Ethereum's blob fee market held at 1 wei for twenty months after Dencun, then broke in December 2025. Here's what the data shows, what drove the cycle, and what it means for L2s and AI agents that depend on cheap calldata.

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