Using PulseChain may be a way to avoid the high Ethereum gas fees. Prominent crypto figure and HEX founder Richard Heart recently highlighted the contract as a possible alternative solution. His message was accompanied by an image of a wallet showing it had spent almost $54,000 in gas for 3 hours' worth of transactions. At launch, supporters were ecstatic, dubbing PulseChain an “Ethereum killer” for its speed and affordability. However, its first day was plagued by a number of issues, from slow transaction times to the high withdrawal costs mentioned by Simp DAO founder Eric Wall. Although there was an initial surge in network gas fees, Wall noted that users were able to spend up to $100 dollars in fees during the PulseChain ICO.

Ethereum is currently working on upgradng their network with EIP-4844, which may be beneficial for Layer 2 networks and offer scalability. While PulseChain may copy these upgrades, Heart mentioned that it won't reap any scalability benefits, and will only run more code. In contrast to PulseChain, the higher fee-payers on Ethereum are prioritized over those that pay a lower one.

At the end of the day, neither PulseChain nor Ethereum is perfect when it comes to gas fees and scalability solutions. Ultimately, users will have to decide which network is most suitable for their needs.



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