# Wrapped Ether (WETH)

> Track Wrapped Ether (WETH) with daily standardized on-chain data across 12 chains. Compare Wrapped Ether (WETH) with other ERC20 tokens. Updated daily.

Source: [Wrapped Ether (WETH) on Token Terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether). This page has no metric values. For current values, use the [Token Terminal API](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/api-reference/introduction) or the [MCP server](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/mcp/introduction).

- Sectors: ERC20 Tokens
- Chains: alephzeroevm, avalanche, berachain, bobanetwork, iotex, linea, manta, polygon, robinhoodchain, scroll, unichain, zksyncera

## About

### What it is

Wrapped Ether is the canonical W-ETH ERC-20 wrapper for ether, documented in the gnosis/canonical-weth repository.

### Who uses it

WETH is the canonical wrapped-ether contract with no governing entity.

### How it works

Users wrap ether into W-ETH, the canonical ERC-20 wrapper, and unwrap it back.

## Metrics

Token Terminal tracks these metrics for Wrapped Ether (WETH) daily. Each page has a chart with the full history.

- [Active addresses (daily)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether/metrics/active-addresses-daily)
- [Active addresses (weekly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether/metrics/active-addresses-weekly)
- [Active addresses (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether/metrics/active-addresses-monthly)
- [Transaction count (contracts)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether/metrics/transaction-count-contracts)
- [Gas used](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/wrapped-ether/metrics/gas-used)

## Links

- [website](https://github.com/gnosis/canonical-weth)