Ethereum developers proposed to increase the gas limit per block to 150 million units
Ethereum developers are exploring the possibility of a fourfold increase in the gas limit in the base blockchain as one of the key features of the next hard fork after Pectra, known as Fusaka. The initiative is being discussed within the project's community as part of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) number 9678, presented by Ethereum Foundation developer Sofia Gold.
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What else is known? The proposal suggests increasing the gas limit to 150 million units. During the last All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) meeting, it was put forward as a key feature of the Fusaka update, which Ethereum developer Tim Beiko reported on after the meeting on April 24.
Developers noted the need to scale the base Ethereum blockchain at the execution level, which can be achieved without the implementation of additional features.
They acknowledged that increasing the gas limit could lead to errors in execution clients. As a result, developers of the latter will need time for testing.
"Although the gas limit is ultimately set by validators, we agreed that having an EIP to coordinate values in default clients will help maintain priority and ensure that all clients update their metrics by the time Fusaka is launched," said Beiko.
At the beginning of this year, blockchain validators supported an increase in the gas limit per block: it currently stands at just under 36 million. Previously, after the increase in 2021, it was 30 million.
The gas limit in Ethereum is a crucial parameter that determines the network's ability to process transactions. It is the primary unit of measurement for the computational effort required to carry out transactions or smart contracts.
Every operation carried out on the Ethereum network, from simple token transfers to complex interactions via smart contracts, requires a certain amount of gas. This mechanism ensures that users pay for the resources consumed and prevents network overload by malicious actors.