How to set Transaction Priority in MetaMask

MetaMask, your favorite non-custodial crypto wallet, now supports EIP-1559*! This video shows you how to use the MetaMask UI and make sure you set the right gas fee. Spoiler alert: MetaMask provides you with a recommended gas setting so you don’t have to worry about setting a gas fee if you don’t want to. Feeling experimental? Then watch this entire video to understand how the advanced settings in your MetaMask wallet work.

*What is EIP-1559, you’re wondering? EIP-1559 is part of the London Hard Fork which launched on August 5th, 2021. It will change Ethereum’s market mechanisms to pay for transaction fees. Fundamentally, EIP-1559 gets rid of the first-price auction and replaces it with a fixed-price sale. The significance of this change is that people submitting transactions will no longer have to guess how much gas will be required, as there will be an explicit ‘BaseFee’ to be included in the next block. For users or applications that want to prioritize their transaction, they can add a “tip” to pay a miner.