Gas Futures?! Oh, Do Calm Down!

Honestly, darling, one does tire of all this… fuss. Apparently, Vitalik – yes, the Vitalik – has decided that Ethereum’s transaction fees aren’t sufficiently predictable. As if life weren’t unpredictable enough, what? 🙄 He’s suggesting a whole new ‘on-chain gas futures market’. A market, mind you! For gas! It’s all terribly modern, isn’t it?

He posits – and really, one must use that word, doesn’t one? – that it’ll somehow deliver ‘greater stability’. As if stability is something one actively seeks in the perpetually chaotic world of cryptocurrency. Good heavens. He’s worried fees might go up, you see. Naturally. Because everything always does, doesn’t it? 💸

The idea, if one can bring oneself to concentrate, is that one might ‘hedge’ against these potential spikes. And, even more remarkably, prepay for gas. Utterly fascinating. One imagines a queue of eager enthusiasts lining up to settle their future transaction costs. The sheer convenience! 😂 It all sounds rather… involved, doesn’t it? Still, at least it gives the clever people something to do besides inventing new words.

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2025-12-06 17:38