#EthereumFuture Developers are testing a mega boost to the gas limit for the Fusaka hard fork ⛽️✨
Ready for a more powerful Ethereum? 🧠⚙️
The Ethereum developers are cooking up something big in their innovation lab: a quadruple increase in the gas limit for the upcoming hard fork 'Fusaka'! 🧪🔧
And yes, this could change the game for layer 1 as we know it. 🎮⚡️
🤓📅 What's happening exactly?
On April 23rd, Sophia Gold (great job Sophia! 👏) from the Ethereum Foundation support team proposed EIP-9678: an experiment to increase the gas limit to a staggering 150 million ⛽️⚡️ (yes, you read that right).
This was discussed in the last ACDE (All Core Developers Execution) meeting 🧑💻💬, where Tim Beiko confirmed that this idea is on track to become a 'key feature' of Fusaka 🧭✨
And that's no small feat! This fork comes after Pectra, which is already scheduled for May 📆, and Fusaka is expected by the end of 2025 ⏳🌐
🤔⛽️ Why so much gas?
The devs want to scale Ethereum from the ground up, optimizing layer 1 execution without relying so much on external solutions 🌉⚙️
But that doesn't come without risks: increasing gas could uncover bugs in the current clients 🐛💻
That's why it takes time to test, fix bugs, and ensure everything is in sync before launching this upgrade on the mainnet ⏱🔍
And although the gas limit is set by the validators 🧑⚖️, coordinating it from an EIP helps ensure all clients align and are ready for the change when Fusaka goes live 🎯✅
👀 A look back at the past and present of gas in Ethereum: ⏮⏭
➡️ In August 2021, the limit was raised to about 30 million ⛽️
➡️ Today it's close to 36 million, thanks to a validator vote last February ✅📊
➡️ With EIP-9678, we're talking about more than 4 times the current limit! Boom! 💥📈
🛠🔬 So what's next?
The plan is to merge the proposal soon and start serious testing 🧪🧵
If all goes well, Ethereum will be more ready than ever to support more transactions, more contracts, and... more on-chain action! ⚡️🧱💼
📌 Sources: Cointelegraph, Ycharts 📰🔗
🤔 What do you think about this mega gas increase? 🤷♂️💭
Do you think Ethereum needs it or would you prefer L2 solutions? 🔄🏗
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