TechFlow news: On April 3, according to Cointelegraph, Edward Felten, co-founder of Offchain Labs, stated in his keynote speech at EthCC 2026 that Ethereum Layer 2 networks need to introduce a “dynamic pricing” mechanism to support billions of users and reduce fee volatility during network congestion.
Felten noted that volatile gas prices remain the primary means of defending against network overload, but such volatility poses a significant barrier for mainstream users. He explained that dynamic pricing could handle higher transaction volumes at lower gas prices while avoiding infrastructure overload.
In response, developer Julian Kors pointed out that the main drawback of dynamic pricing is its lower predictability compared to EIP-1559. Cyprien Grau, project lead at Status Network, argued that although this model improves fee accuracy, it fails to address structural issues—namely, as scaling competition intensifies, Layer 2 gas fees will trend toward zero over the long term, meaning dynamic pricing remains, fundamentally, a revenue model built upon a continuously depreciating asset.
