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Ethereum Monthly Report: Fees, Supply, Staking and L2s

What changed on Ethereum this month in fees, supply, staking and layer 2 activity?

A dated monthly summary of Ethereum on chain: fees and burn, supply, staking and layer 2 activity, with every number cited to a block.

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Blueprint

What the report will cover.

The report as it will open in Folio. Each figure is named here and arrives with its receipt; until its data is published, its place stays empty.

A monthly edition, dated and cited

Ethereum Monthly Report: Fees, Supply, Staking and L2s

  1. Ethereum this month in brief

    The month's fees, burn, supply change, staking flows and layer 2 activity in a few sentences, each against the month before.

    • Fees paid this month
    • ETH burned this month
    • Net supply change this month
    • Net change in ETH staked
  2. Fees and burn

    What users paid and how it split between burned base fees, tips and blob fees, with the busiest days of the month.

    • Fees paid
    • Base fees burned
    • Tips to proposers
    • Blob fees burned
    • Busiest day by fees
  3. ETH supply

    Issuance against burn for the month and the resulting change in supply, with the year so far for context.

    • ETH issued
    • ETH burned
    • Net supply change
    • Supply at month end
  4. Staking and the validator queues

    ETH staked and active validators at month end, deposits and exits during the month and the queue waits at their longest.

    • ETH staked at month end
    • Active validators at month end
    • Deposits and exits
    • Longest entry and exit waits
  5. Layer 2s and blobs

    Transactions and fees on the main layer 2s and what each paid Ethereum for blobs and settlement, with blob use against the target.

    • Layer 2 transactions
    • Fees paid by layer 2 users
    • Blob fees paid per rollup
    • Blobs per block against the target
  6. What changed on the network

    Gas limit changes, upgrade milestones and anything else that moved a protocol parameter during the month, with the block where it happened.

    • Gas limit at month end
About

What it answers, and for whom.

This report is a dated monthly record of Ethereum on chain. Each edition covers one calendar month: fees and burn, the change in ETH supply, staking and the validator queues. It also follows what layer 2s did on their own chains and what they paid Ethereum to post data and settle.

It is written for people who follow Ethereum closely but want the month in one place with figures they can check: researchers, investors, stakers and journalists. Every number is pinned to a block before publication, so a later correction appears as a new edition rather than a silent edit.

Method

How it will be measured.

Every figure will be read at a block, kept with its source and its exact read, and open a receipt anyone can re-check.

How receipts work →
  1. Each edition covers the blocks whose timestamps fall in the calendar month in UTC and the epochs that ended in it, and is published once the month's last block is finalized.
  2. Fees, burn and issuance come from the same block and beacon reads as the supply and revenue dashboards, so figures match across pages.
  3. Staking figures are the month-end beacon state: active validators, ETH staked and the entry and exit queues, with the epoch they were read at.
  4. Layer 2 figures pair each rollup's own activity with the batches, blobs and proofs it posted to Ethereum, and name the contracts read for each.

The data it needs

Read from chain state and history

  • eth_supply_dailyTo buildETH supply, issuance and burnDaily ETH issued to validators, ETH burned through the EIP-1559 base fee, and the resulting net change in ETH supply.
  • chain_fees_dailyTo buildFees and gas by chainFees paid per chain per day in the native token: base fee and priority fee percentiles, total fees, and the share burned where the chain burns fees.
  • eth_staking_dailyTo buildEthereum staking and validatorsActive validators, ETH staked, deposits, withdrawals and the entry and exit queues on the Ethereum beacon chain, by day, with staking-provider labels where known.
  • l2_activity_dailyTo buildLayer 2 activity and costsPer layer 2 per day: transactions, active addresses, fees users paid on the L2, and what the L2 paid Ethereum to settle and post data.
  • blob_usage_dailyTo buildBlob usage and blob feesEIP-4844 blobs posted per day, blob gas used, blob base fee, and the rollup that posted them.
  • native_prices_dailyTo buildOracle prices by dayReference prices of major assets read from on-chain oracle feeds (Chainlink latestRoundData) at each day's last block, with each round's update time.
  • Block headers and receipts for the month: fees, tips, base fee burn and blob fees
  • Beacon state at month end: validators, balances and the pending deposit and exit queues
  • Each layer 2's batch, blob and proof transactions to its contracts on Ethereum
  • Chainlink ETH/USD at the month's last block, for USD values
Questions

Questions people ask.

When is each edition published?

After the month's last block is finalized and the month-end beacon state can be read, usually within the first days of the next month. Every figure is pinned to a block before the publication date.

Why are figures in ETH and not only in USD?

Fees, burn and issuance are paid in ETH, so the report states them in ETH first and adds USD values at the month-end oracle price. That keeps changes in activity apart from changes in the ETH price.

Which layer 2s does the report cover?

The layer 2s that post the most data and settle the most activity on Ethereum, measured each month from their batches and blobs. The list can change between editions, and each edition names the rollups it includes and why.

How does the report relate to the dashboards?

The dashboards show each measure as it changes; the report freezes them at month end and explains what moved. Its figures come from the same reads, so a number in the report matches the dashboard for the same dates.

Edition
One dated issue of the report, covering one calendar month and pinned to blocks before its publication.
Validator queue
The ETH waiting to start or stop staking, processed a limited amount per epoch.
Settlement cost
What a layer 2 pays Ethereum to post its data and proofs, in blob fees and gas.

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