04/08/2023 NFT gas usage shows downward trend, signals shift in landscape

Despite a surge in Ether gas prices in May, NFT marketplaces only accounted for 3% of the entire Ethereum gas consumption.

NFT gas usage shows downward trend, signals shift in landscape

Despite a surge in Ether gas prices in May, NFT marketplaces only accounted for 3% of the entire Ethereum gas consumption.

Ethereum gas consumption bynonfungible tokens (NFTs)has dropped significantly since its high in 2021. NFT marketplaces and projects that occupied top spots in gas consumption at the time have declined sharply in the past two years.

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Data shared by the on-chain analytics platform Glassnodeshowsthat gas usage by NFT marketplaces is currently on a downward trend. This indicates a possible shift in terms of NFT use, where more users may be opting to hold on to their assets instead of trading them on marketplaces.

Etherscan’s top 10 contracts or accounts consuming gas on Aug. 4, 2021. Source: The Wayback Machine

In 2021, NFTs were leading the charts in terms of Ethereum gas usage, according to blockchain explorer Etherscan. On Aug. 4, 2021, NFT gaming project Axie Infinity placed second in terms of gas usage due to its Ronin bridge, which transfers assets from Ethereum to the Ronin blockchain. On the same day, NFT marketplace OpenSea was in fourth spot on the list.

However, jumping forward to 2023, crypto analytics platform Nansen revealed that NFT marketplaces only accounted for just over 3% of the entire gas consumption in a weekly period in May. This happened amid a surge in Ether gas prices at the time and sparkedtheories that NFTs were only a “product of excess liquidity” due to money printing during the pandemic.

Gone were the days of NFTs topping the Ethereum gas-consuming charts. This week, of the top 20 gas consumers, OpenSea and Blur accounted for less than 10% combined.

And against all gas consumers, the NFT marketplaces were just over 3%. Uniswap in contrast was 10x more - 31.99%.pic.twitter.com/4NUF6Yb3eX

— Nansen (@nansen_ai)May 19, 2023

Today, gas consumption by NFTs continues its decline. Currently, the gas consumption of Blur, OpenSea, SuperRare, LooksRare and Rarible only account for roughly 1.85% of the gas consumption for the entire Ethereum network.

In addition, OpenSea and Axie Infinity — projects that once topped the charts in Etherscan’s top gas users — arenowhere to be seen in the top 50 list. However, while marketplaces are nowhere to be seen in terms of gas consumption, NFT marketplace Blur still sits around Etherscan’s top 30 spot for gas consumers at the time of writing.

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