L1 GAS IMPACT: SIX MONTHS OF MEASURED ETHEREUM L1 GAS

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Six months of measured Ethereum L1 execution gas data show plain ETH transfers consuming 13,815 million gas per day, roughly 1.6x more than all Uniswap L1 activity, which ranked second at 8,491 million gas per day. Among rollups posting to L1, Robinhood consumed 665 million gas per day, approximately 2.3x more than Base (271M) and 3.1x more than Arbitrum One (214M), making it the top rollup gas consumer by a wide margin. Order book DEX Lighter's primary instance ranked above both major rollups at 286 million gas per day across 41,184 daily transactions, while smaller rollups including World Chain, Unichain, and Ink each fell below 22 million gas per day. All figures are lower bounds derived from verified direct activity measured through mid-September 2026.