PANews reported on December 6th that Vitalik Buterin stated in an article on the X platform that the industry urgently needs a "trustless on-chain gas futures market," similar to a "base fee prediction market," to address users' uncertain expectations regarding future fee trends. An on-chain gas futures market can clearly understand people's expectations of future gas fees and can even hedge against future gas prices, effectively prepaying a specific amount of gas for a specific period.