Transaction fee economics in the Ethereum blockchain
利用以太坊区块链的区块和交易数据，基于排队论模型分析交易费用的经济决定因素，发现区块利用率超过90%时单位费用非线性上升，且常规交易占比越高费用越高。
Abstract We study the economic determinants of transaction fees in the Ethereum blockchain. We estimate an empirical model based on queueing theory and analyze the factors determining the “gas price” (transaction cost per unit of service, “gas”). Using block‐ and transaction‐level data from the Ethereum blockchain, we show that changes in service demand significantly affect the gas price—when there is high block utilization, per‐unit fees increase on average, with strong nonlinear effect above 90% utilization. The transaction type is another important factor—larger fraction of regular transactions (direct transfers between users) is associated with higher gas price.