Here's a fun fact: The daily Gas fees burned on Ethereum are enough to buy several houses in a third-tier city. The problem is, most of this money is fed to MEV bots and arbitrageurs, while ordinary users feel like they’re paying tolls twice on the highway without knowing where the money goes.

ETHGas @ETHGasOfficial is a project aimed at addressing this issue. Just a few days ago, they announced a $12 million seed round, led by Polychain with participation from Amber Group. Their goal is to redistribute the pricing power of block space, reduce the wild fluctuations in Gas fees, and make the gray area of MEV more transparent.

Interestingly, right after closing the funding, they launched a points activity. Beans points, zero-cost, linking wallets, completing social tasks, inviting friends—classic methods. But combined with their announcement of the foundation account, it’s clear—these points are likely a prelude to airdrops.

My take is: infrastructure projects tend to have long cycles and slow爆发, but the involvement of veteran investors like Polychain indicates that the track’s logic is recognized. Spending five minutes to earn points is essentially buying a low-cost on-chain option. Whether it’s ultimately valuable depends on whether they can truly turn the “congestion tax” into something innovative.