Ethereum upgrades cut fees to $0.15 as active addresses jump 71% and outpace major L2s

Ethereum’s recent protocol upgrades have driven daily average transaction fees down to around $0.15 and pushed active addresses to over 791,000, surpassing prominent layer 2 networks. Over the past year, active addresses rose 71% and daily transactions hit record highs, while developers advanced long-term plans such as Pectra and Fusaka to scale blob capacity and move the network toward a more durable, "100-year" architecture.