@benedettasol

Ethereum smart contract gas consumption in 2025 dropped 30%, averaging 50,000 gas per transaction, down from 70,000, post-Pectra upgrade. EIP-4844’s blob space, boosting capacity 20%, and ZK-rollups on L2s like zkSync (1,000 TPS) cut costs—swaps on Uniswap now use 40,000 gas. However, 20% of DeFi protocols, with 500,000 code lines, still consume 80,000 gas due to complex ZK-proofs. Gas fees, at $0.50, benefit 70% of $4 trillion DEX volume, but 30% of NFT mints remain costlier at 100,000 gas. Optimization may reach 40% by 2026 if L2 adoption grows 15%, but a 10% rise in state bloat could reverse gains 5%, raising costs 20% and slowing $1 billion in transaction growth.

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