Ethereum gas fee jumped due to memecoin frenzy with mixed comments on network usability By Cointelegraph

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network’s gas fee skyrocketed to a new multi-month high amid a growing memecoin frenzy. The high transaction fee has swelled Ethereum’s daily revenue multifold compared to (BTC). While Ethereum proponents celebrated the growth in revenue, many others were quick to point out the growing congestion on the network and the difficulty in processing transactions.

There was an unusual shift in the top 10 gas-burning altcoins where instead of ETH (ETH), WETH, and USDT (USDT), memecoins such as TROLL, APEDand BOBO were among the top 10 spenders.

ETH gas fee increase in last month. Source: Ychart
Daily and weekly revenue of various blockchain. Source: Twitter