Overview
- ETHGas and Ether.fi announced Wednesday a three-year deal that commits roughly 40% of Ether.fi’s ETH to ETHGas’ high‑performance staking service with exclusive use of its preconfirmation platform.
- ETHGas plans an exchange layer where validators pre-sell future block inclusion rights up to about ten minutes ahead so buyers can secure transaction execution in advance.
- Today, Ethereum blockspace is sold in last‑second spot auctions every 12 seconds, which leaves validators with uneven revenue and large users without reliable timing.
- The companies say the $3 billion supply anchor is live under performance thresholds, though a liquid, independently verified forward market has yet to be demonstrated.
- If the model works, developers could design around fixed timelines and steadier costs, with uses like faster DeFi liquidations, lower‑latency trading, and wallets that hide gas fees.