Ethereum's Buterin Pushes for Onchain Gas Futures Market.
Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, said Ethereum needs a trustless onchain gas futures market, arguing it would give users a reliable way to predict and hedge future network fees. In a post on X , Buterin noted that while upgrades like Block Auction Layer (BAL), Encrypted Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS) and future ZK-EVM scaling are expected to keep fees low, heavy users still want visibility into costs “in 2 years.”
A gas futures market would act like a prediction market for BASEFEE, letting users see expectations for future gas prices and even hedge by prepaying for gas in specific time periods. Such a market would give builders and heavy users more certainty about long-term Ethereum fees.$ETH
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