Will Ethereum’s London Hardfork Work in the Favor of Ethereum’s Price Rise?

Synopsis

“Ethereum’s London Hardfork upgrade that went live on 5th August 2021 consisted of 5 EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) out of which EIP-1559 was regarding the optimization of the Gas Fee that is charged per transaction in Ethereum. This upgrade made Ethereum deflationary and at the same time reduced its fee, favoring the future price rise of its Native Token ETH.”

The Facts about London Hardfork

One of the major upgrades in the journey of Ethereum to Ethereum 2.0 is known as the London Hardfork that went live on 5th August 2021. The upgrade consisted of 5 EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) out of which EIP-1559 was regarding the optimization of the Gas Fee that is charged per transaction in Ethereum. Ethereum is suffering from a problem of Scalability and this is making the network congested and in return a high gas fee per transaction is being levied. To counter this problem, EIP-1559 introduced the concept of Base Fee + Tip (Priority Fee) in place of the already existing bidding system.

Before London Hardfork, the gas fee had to be paid to the miners by the users for packing their transactions in the block. And the miners used to prioritize transactions that pay higher gas fees and this gas fee increased dramatically during congestion periods. With the implementation of EIP-1559, the fee structure is divided into two parts, base fee and the priority fee known as tip. The base fee will be determined by the blockchain itself and the priority fee will be the extra fee that will be paid by the user to the miner for prioritizing his transaction in the block. This will considerably reduce the gas fee. The Base fee will be burned and the priority fee will be received by the miner setting Ethereum on a deflationary path. 

Effects on Ethereum’s Price

Low Gas Fee Means Increased Transactions

With the London Hardfork, the reduction in the gas fee will allow the users to transact more frequently than before thus leading to an increased number of transactions. As more and more users will trust the system and the transactions through the blockchain will be cheaper it will have a positive effect on the price of ethereum in the long term.

Ethereum will be Deflationary

Before Hardfork, Ethereum had an unlimited supply and hence was prone to inflation. With the base fee burning mechanism in EIP-1559, as each transaction will burn some amount of Ethereum, Ethereum will become scarcer and thus more valuable. Token burning has now become a norm in the crypto industry among the cryptocurrency projects that have an extensively high token supply or unlimited token supply.

Increased Transactions will Increase Token Burn
With more and more users using Ethereum, the number of transactions on the network will increase leading to an increased token burn. At the time of writing 1,229,434 ETH has been burned which is approximately priced at $4.69 Billion.

Disclaimer: The article is meant for the educational purpose only and in no way it should be considered as financial advice. Own research on the topic is advisable.

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