{"id":92813,"date":"2025-12-31T12:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92813"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:06:22","slug":"ethereum-daily-transactions-hit-record-2-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-daily-transactions-hit-record-2-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Daily Transactions Hit Record 2.2 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has set a new record: 2.2 million transactions processed in a single day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-da4bd6e9507e7a52-2389679790944568-1024x939.png\" alt=\"daily number of transactions in Ethereum\" class=\"wp-image-272888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-da4bd6e9507e7a52-2389679790944568-1024x939.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-da4bd6e9507e7a52-2389679790944568-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-da4bd6e9507e7a52-2389679790944568-768x704.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-da4bd6e9507e7a52-2389679790944568.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/chart\/tx\">Etherscan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cost of Ethereum transactions has dropped to historic lows ($0.17) compared to the peak values of 2022 (over $200).<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to successive blockchain updates, transaction fees continue to decrease. The transition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/proof-of-stake-how-it-works-and-why-it-is-so-popular\">Proof-of-Stake<\/a> model and the introduction of the fee-burning mechanism under <span data-descr=\"Ethereum Improvement Proposal\" class=\"old_tooltip\">EIP<\/span>-1559 played a key role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reduction in transaction fees was also aided by <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-activates-major-pectra-upgrade\">Pectra<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/fusaka-hard-fork-goes-live-on-ethereum-mainnet\">Fusaka<\/a>, deployed in 2025. The first upgrade optimized validator infrastructure and increased <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> flexibility, while the second increased the network&#8217;s base throughput by 33%, raising the gas limit from 45 to 60 million per block.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Technical efficiency has attracted investors: analysts at Artemis named Ethereum the leader of the year in net fund inflows, with a figure of $4.2 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ethereum added $4.2B to lead 2025 net flows <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIVaaYCPwG\">pic.twitter.com\/vIVaaYCPwG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Artemis (@artemis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artemis\/status\/2005666710699819316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developer Popularity\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In the fourth quarter, the number of new smart contracts on Ethereum reached a historic high of 8.7 million, according to Token Terminal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 ON CHAIN RECORD <\/p>\n<p>Ethereum just hit an ALL TIME HIGH in developer activity.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 8.7 MILLION smart contracts deployed in Q4 2025, the highest quarter ever.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 This isn\u2019t speculation, it\u2019s builders shipping<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 More contracts = more apps, RWAs, stablecoins, and infra<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 Real\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eVzxqCU0Ou\">pic.twitter.com\/eVzxqCU0Ou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BMNR Bullz (@BMNRBullz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BMNRBullz\/status\/2005565668993716375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts linked the growth to the organic development of three areas: <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoin<\/a> activity, and improvements in basic infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cEthereum is quietly becoming a global settlement layer,\u201d experts emphasized.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization maintains its lead in the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-tokenised-assets\">tokenization<\/a> segment. It accounts for $12 billion out of the total sector value of $19 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051-1024x345.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-272889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051-1024x345.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051-1536x518.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b107df8cf53d5b1c-2389749134683051.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.rwa.xyz\/networks\">RWA.xyz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ethereum also ranks first in the stablecoin market. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/stablecoins\/ethereum\">DeFi Llama<\/a>, the ecosystem&#8217;s share in the total volume of circulating stablecoins exceeds $167 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the end of December, the queue for Ethereum staking <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-staking-queue-doubles-withdrawal-requests\">exceeded<\/a> withdrawal requests by double.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has set a new record: 2.2 million transactions processed in a single day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Ethereum network sets record with 2.2 million daily transactions.","creation_source":"ai_translated","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1308,807],"class_list":["post-92813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-rwa","tag-stablecoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"196","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Ethereum network sets record with 2.2 million daily transactions.","is_update":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92814,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92813\/revisions\/92814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}