Why Blobs Are Helping Keep Ethereum Fees Under Control

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Blobs don’t just help layer-2 networks scale—they also stabilize Ethereum’s mainnet. By shifting data-heavy transaction batching to blobs, congestion on the base layer is reduced, helping smooth out gas fee volatility during periods of high demand.

Data from YCharts shows Ethereum transaction fees have been noticeably more stable since the first BPO hard fork in December 2025. As rollups rely more heavily on blob space, Ethereum can grow transaction volume while maintaining predictable costs for users and developers alike.

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increasing capacity without nuking node requirements is the real tightrope here