Tom Beecher

Works out what transactions cost so readers do not have to.

What Tom Beecher covers here

Everything published on Crypto Fee Watch is written by one person, and the scope is deliberately narrow: gas mechanics, layer 2 ecosystem, bridging costs, transaction troubleshooting. Articles stay inside it rather than chasing whatever is trending.

How the writing is checked

Figures carry the date they were taken. Claims that can be verified link to a primary source rather than to another article summarising it. Where something is genuinely uncertain, the article says so instead of rounding the uncertainty away.

Corrections are published with a note saying what changed and when. If you find an error, the contact page is the fastest route.

Published on this site

• A Year of Fee Data: What We Learned
• Batching: The Simplest Way to Cut On-Chain Costs
• Measuring a Venue's Withdrawal Margin
• How to Read a Fee Estimate Before You Confirm
• The Real Annual Cost of Self-Custody
• Rollup Fee Composition: Where the Fraction of a Cent Goes
• Priority Fees, Block Building and Where Your Tip Goes
• What a Percentage Fee Means at Different Sizes
• What Rollups Actually Pay For, and Why Their Fees Fell
• Withdrawal Minimums and Why They Exist
• Layer 2 Withdrawal Timelines and What They Cost to Skip
• Layer 2 Withdrawal Cost Comparison
• The Cost of Dust
• Exchange Withdrawal Fees: The Number Nobody Compares
• Measuring the Real Cost of Staking
• How Fee Markets Respond to Demand Spikes
• The Annual Cost of a Small Portfolio
• Batch Payments and Where They Are Supported
• Failed Transactions: Why You Still Pay for Them
• Fee Estimation Accuracy Compared
• Comparing Bridge Routes by Total Received
• Consolidating Outputs: When and Why
• Gas Fees Across Chains: A Monthly Comparison
• Fee Rebates and Maker-Taker Pricing
• Fee Transparency: A Method for Comparing Venues
• What EIP-1559 Changed, in Plain Terms
• Stablecoin Transfer Costs by Network
• The Cost of Being Wrong About a Network
• Bridge Fees: The Cost Nobody Includes in Their Math
• Cross-Chain Swap Costs
• The Cost of Approvals Over a Year
• What Congestion Actually Looks Like
• Why Your Transaction Is Stuck and the Three Ways to Unstick It
• Card Purchase Costs, Measured
• Priority Fee Auctions in Practice
• Paying Fees in a Token Other Than the Native Asset
• Layer 2s Compared: Fees, Speed, and Real Trade-offs
• The Cost of Wrapped Assets
• Network Fee Volatility, Measured
• The Cheapest Times of Week to Transact, With Data
• Spread as a Hidden Fee: How to Measure It
• Deposit Fees: The Line Nobody Compares
• What a Failed Transaction Costs Across Chains
• How Ethereum Gas Fees Are Actually Calculated
• Measuring Slippage: A Method