Today, we're thrilled to unveil the Open Gas Initiative, our expanded program to eliminate gas fees from the end-user experience, creating a more seamless and accessible onchain ecosystem.

With over $30.3B in total gas spent on Ethereum, the need for gasless user experience has never been clearer. We're addressing this by enabling protocols to subsidize user fees zero-code, while providing users with rewarding, frictionless interactions.

Open Gas is designed to bridge the gap between protocols seeking sustainable growth and users looking for effortless onchain experiences. For protocols, it's a powerful tool to boost total value locked (TVL), encourage key behaviors like staking and deposits to foster long-term user loyalty. For users, it's an opportunity to turn gas costs into tangible rewards, with more features rolling out to enhance participation.

Let's dive into what this means and how you can get involved.

The Vision Behind Open Gas: Market Leadership in Gas Abstraction

At ETHGas, we're transforming gas from a volatile, unpredictable cost into a non-issue—paving the way for a real-time Ethereum economy.

Open Gas is a first step in this direction that allows protocols to temporarily subsidize their users' gas fees through batched monthly rebates, starting in ETH and evolving to include protocol tokens for added net-buying pressure and optional auto-staking for yields.

We're proud to support rebates on Ethereum mainnet right now, with plans to expand to other L2/EVM chains like BNB, Base, and Arbitrum. This initiative gives participating protocols the opportunity to become forward-thinking leaders who're implementing the user experiences that will be tablestakes in the near-future while offering token incentives for both protocols and their users to join.

Announcing Our OG Partners

We're thrilled to welcome our OG partners, who are already leading the charge in this gasless movement. These innovative protocols — EigenLayer, Ether.fi, Pendle and Velvet Capital will be integrating Open Gas to subsidize key actions, enhancing user experiences and demonstrating the power of community goodwill. We're actively seeking more partners to join this ecosystem — if your protocol is ready to boost adoption and retention, now's the time.

This collaboration highlights Open Gas as more than a tool, it's a partnership ecosystem where infrastructure allies like GasHawk, BlockNative, Goldsky, and ClickHouse align on the vision, even as we explore future integrations and ecosystem collaborations with platforms like Base and BNB. Together, we're building permanent advantages, integrating gas subsidies directly into protocol fee structures for long-term sustainability, culminating in full automation where abstraction becomes seamless and hands-off.

How Open Gas Works: The Gasless Flywheel

At the heart of Open Gas is a self-sustaining loop that benefits everyone:

• Attract: Protocols incentivize key actions zero-code to draw in hesitant users, kickstarting onchain adoption and exploration.
• Encourage: Our insights help protocols refine the incentives, promoting behaviors like deposits for TVL growth.
• Reward: Monthly funding from protocols enables gasless claims for users, turning gas costs into tangible rewards for all.
• Repeat: Users share wins and fostering endless retention and growth in a gasless onchain economy.

This flywheel turns gas into a growth engine—protocols gain loyalty and data-driven advantages, while users enjoy cashback that stacks into meaningful rewards.

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The Open Gas Roadmap: A Phased Path to Full Abstraction

Open Gas is structured for progressive impact, starting with accessible tools and scaling to complete seamlessness. Here's the optimized roadmap:

• Phase 1: Curation – Reward key user transactions with consolidated monthly rebates across participating protocols. Protocols can estimate gas spend via our dashboard and curate incentives for actions like deposits, focusing on high-impact behaviors without technical overhead. Users qualify automatically for batched ETH cashback, turning costs into rewards.
• Phase 2: Programmatic – Enable self-service setups with customizable 'if this, then that' logic across major DeFi actions. Tailor rebates for behaviors like swaps, holds, or quests to drive retention and yields, with real-time insights for optimization.
• Phase 3: Full Automation – Achieve seamless gas abstraction at the point of transaction—out of sight, out of mind, with hands-off processes that make fees truly invisible. We're leveraging innovations like EIP-7702 to enable protocol-native integration for near-future enhancements alongside our standard flows.

Join the Open Gas Movement Today

Ready to be part of the Open Gas initiative? Visit ethgas.com/open-gas to explore the new landing page and take action today.

• For Protocols: Design your rebates using our estimate tool—input contracts, tweak percentages, and submit interest to onboard.
• For Users: Dive into Chapter 3 on our Community page—generate your Gas Report and quote-tweet your bounty haul. Tag your favorite protocols to rally them for the gasless fight! Visit ethgas.com/community to get started.

Together, we're eliminating gas uncertainty and driving onchain adoption.

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