pass gasPrice or maxFeePerGas to estimate gas

libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunner.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type Transaction = {
   gasLimit: number,
   useCall: boolean,
   timestamp?: number
+  type: '0x1' | '0x2'
 }
 
 export class TxRunner {

libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class TxRunnerWeb3 {
   }
 
   runInNode (from, to, data, value, gasLimit, useCall, timestamp, confirmCb, gasEstimationForceSend, promptCb, callback) {
-    const tx = { from: from, to: to, data: data, value: value }
+    const tx = { from: from, to: to, data: data, value: value, type: null, maxFeePerGas: null, gasPrice: null }
     if (!from) return callback('the value of "from" is not defined. Please make sure an account is selected.')
     if (useCall) {
       tx['gas'] = gasLimit
@@ -102,16 +102,27 @@ export class TxRunnerWeb3 {
         })
       })
     }
-    this.getWeb3().eth.estimateGas(tx, (err, gasEstimation) => {
-      if (err && err.message.indexOf('Invalid JSON RPC response') !== -1) {
-        // // @todo(#378) this should be removed when https://github.com/WalletConnect/walletconnect-monorepo/issues/334 is fixed
-        callback(new Error('Gas estimation failed because of an unknown internal error. This may indicated that the transaction will fail.'))
-      }
     this._api.detectNetwork((errNetWork, network) => {
       if (errNetWork) {
         console.log(errNetWork)
         return
       }
+      if (network && network.lastBlock) {
+        if (network.lastBlock.baseFeePerGas) {
+          // the sending stack (web3.js / metamask need to have the type defined)
+          // this is to avoid the following issue: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/11824
+          tx.type = '0x2'
+          tx.maxFeePerGas = network.lastBlock.baseFeePerGas + 1 // + priority fee
+        } else {
+          tx.type = '0x1'
+          tx.gasPrice = network.lastBlock.baseFeePerGas
+        }
+      }      
+      this.getWeb3().eth.estimateGas(tx, (err, gasEstimation) => {
+        if (err && err.message.indexOf('Invalid JSON RPC response') !== -1) {
+          // // @todo(#378) this should be removed when https://github.com/WalletConnect/walletconnect-monorepo/issues/334 is fixed
+          callback(new Error('Gas estimation failed because of an unknown internal error. This may indicated that the transaction will fail.'))
+        }
         err = network.name === 'VM' ? null : err // just send the tx if "VM"
         gasEstimationForceSend(err, () => {
           // callback is called whenever no error