Pyth Network
Pull-based price oracle with data from 120+ first-party publishers and 400ms updates.
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Pyth Network key facts
| Category | Blockchain oracle |
|---|---|
| Chains | 100+ blockchains |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Token | PYTH |
| Chains | 100+ blockchains |
| Fees | Pyth Core update fee: 0 on all mainnet EVM chains (gas still applies); Hermes needs an API key |
| US availability | Available: terms restrict only sanctioned jurisdictions |
PYTH token
- Price
- $0.0656 +6.4% 24h
- Market cap
- $516.4M
- Fully diluted value
- $655.8M
- 30-day change
- -14.0%
Market data: CoinGecko, updated Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
What is Pyth Network?
Pyth Network is a price oracle built around a pull model: apps fetch and post the latest price when they need it. Its docs list 120+ first-party data providers, including exchanges, banks and market makers, a 400ms update frequency on Pyth Core, and 100+ supported blockchains.
How Pyth Network works
Pyth Core publishers, including exchanges, banks, trading firms and market makers, sign prices that are aggregated and served offchain by a service called Hermes.
When your app needs a price, it fetches the latest signed update from Hermes and submits it to the Pyth contract on your chain in the same transaction. The contract verifies the signatures, stores the price, then your logic runs. Each price carries a confidence interval and an exponent: conf 1500 with exponent -5 means plus or minus $0.015.
Pyth upgraded Core on August 26, 2026, replacing its data infrastructure while keeping the Hermes API and the onchain contract interface. The upgrade added feeds and lowered latency, and Hermes now requires a Pyth API key, while the onchain contracts stay permissionless. Pyth Pro, formerly called Lazer, is a separate subscription product that streams prices over WebSocket on channels from 1ms and 50ms to 200ms or real time, with signed payloads that can be verified on EVM chains and Solana.
How to start with Pyth Network
- Sign up for a Pyth API key at pythdata.app, then use the Solidity SDK (@pythnetwork/pyth-sdk-solidity) onchain and hermes-client in TypeScript, or the Python and Rust SDKs.
- Pyth's docs list Core support for EVM chains, Solana and Sui and more than 500 feeds across crypto, equities, FX and commodities.
- Pyth says most integrations kept working through the upgrade and points existing users to its upgrade guide to check whether they are covered.
- Pro access needs an API key from the Pyth team.
Pyth Network fees and limits
The Pyth Core update fee is zero on every mainnet EVM chain after governance proposal OP-PIP-128 set it to zero. Passing 0 as msg.value to updatePriceFeeds works on every network, and getUpdateFee now returns 0. Whoever submits the update still pays the chain's gas for that transaction. Pyth Pro is sold separately as a subscription for institutions and latency-sensitive apps.
Risks to know before using Pyth Network
- Because anyone can post an update, a transaction has some room to pick which recent price it uses.
- Pyth says this is limited because onchain prices must move forward in time, and it recommends getPriceNoOlderThan(), which rejects prices older than a threshold you set.
- The SDKs apply a staleness check by default, so a price query fails if too much time has passed since the last update.
- Teams that integrated before August 26, 2026 also need an API key to keep reading from Hermes.
Pyth Network usage
From DefiLlama (fees users paid), updated Nov 10, 2026.
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Pyth Network pros and cons
- 400ms update frequency on Pyth Core
- Data from 120+ first-party providers
- Available on 100+ blockchains
- Pull model: the app or user must post each update onchain and pay the gas
- Contracts must check price freshness themselves
Pyth Network FAQ
What is Pyth Network?
Pyth Network is a price oracle built around a pull model: apps fetch and post the latest price when they need it. Its docs list 120+ first-party data providers, including exchanges, banks and market makers, a 400ms update frequency on Pyth Core, and 100+ supported blockchains.
Which chains does Pyth Network support?
100+ blockchains.
How much does Pyth Network cost?
Pyth Core update fee: 0 on all mainnet EVM chains (gas still applies); Hermes needs an API key, according to Pyth Network’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
How much do users pay Pyth Network in fees?
$1M over the last 30 days, according to DefiLlama on Nov 10, 2026.
Does Pyth Network have a token?
Yes, PYTH. Its market cap was $516.4M on CoinGecko on Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
Is Pyth Network available in the US?
Available: terms restrict only sanctioned jurisdictions, according to Pyth Network’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
Sources
How this page works
Sources: Pyth Network: official site, Pyth Docs: Price Feeds, Pyth Docs: Current fees. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.
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