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Update minimum base fee to 5,000,000 wei#1148

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Update minimum base fee to 5,000,000 wei#1148
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@niran niran commented Feb 19, 2026

Summary

  • Update minimum base fee from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 wei (0.005 gwei) on both Base Mainnet and Base Sepolia
  • Update cost example in network fees docs
  • Add changelog entries for the 5M minimum base fee on both networks

Also captures missing Feb 10 Sepolia parity changes:

  • Update Sepolia EIP-1559 Denominator from 50 to 125 (matching Mainnet)
  • Add changelog entries for Sepolia Denominator increase and 2M minimum base fee

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Reflect the minimum base fee increase from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 wei
on both Base Mainnet and Base Sepolia.
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cb-heimdall commented Feb 19, 2026

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Reflect the Feb 10 Sepolia parity changes: Denominator 50 → 125,
Max Change/Block 10% → 4%.
@niran niran merged commit 15b1e5d into master Feb 19, 2026
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@niran niran deleted the niran/minimum-base-fee-5m branch February 19, 2026 21:31
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