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2026-03-17

The CU (Compute Unit) values for some Node API methods have been reduced.

Major Updates

The CU for transaction submission and gas estimation methods has been significantly reduced. With this change, fewer CUs are consumed per call, allowing you to handle more requests with the same credits.


Changes

EVM Chains (Ethereum, etc.)

MethodBeforeAfter
eth_estimateGas67 CU20 CU
eth_sendRawTransaction170 CU40 CU

Kaia Chain (kaia namespace)

MethodBeforeAfter
kaia_estimateGas67 CU20 CU
kaia_sendRawTransaction170 CU40 CU

Kaia Chain (klay namespace)

MethodBeforeAfter
klay_estimateGas67 CU20 CU
klay_sendRawTransaction170 CU40 CU

Affected Chains

Arbitrum

Arc

Avalanche

Base

BNB

Ethereum

GIWA

Kaia

Luniverse

Optimism

Polygon