$ETH Ethereum (ETH) transaction fees have remained high for a long time, becoming a core pain point that restricts the development of the ecosystem. The high costs stem from network congestion and the miner priority mechanism, where users must pay gas fees often amounting to dozens of dollars for swift transaction confirmations, placing a heavy burden on ordinary users and small DApp developers. Although Layer 2 scaling solutions (such as Arbitrum) and the ETH 2.0 upgrade are highly anticipated, their actual effectiveness remains in question—data from 2025 shows that while the average daily active addresses on ETH reached 475,000, the fee allocation mechanism has led to continuous value outflow. Ironically, high-frequency traders in exchanges have to pay much higher active trading fees than traditional futures, while the passive trading rebate mechanism instead encourages market manipulation. The vision of ETH as a 'world computer' seems increasingly out of reach in the face of these fee barriers.