Ethereum is about to speed up again? 15% of validators support a significant increase in Gas limit!!!
Over 150,000 Ethereum validators have expressed support for raising the block Gas limit from 36 million to 60 million units — this means the number of transactions that can be packed into each block will nearly double, and network throughput is expected to increase significantly!
This is not a traditional “hard fork,” but a gradual soft upgrade that takes effect through validator consensus. Once more than 50% of nodes adopt it, the Ethereum mainnet will automatically switch to the new Gas limit.
Is this a positive development for the entire Ethereum ecosystem? The answer is complex.
Positive aspects:
- Transactions are faster, packing is more timely, and on-chain activities are more active;
- Beneficial for Rollup, DeFi, and high-frequency interaction applications to enhance user experience;
- ETH's Gas fee revenue may increase, further supporting the burn mechanism.
Potential risks:
- Increased hardware pressure on nodes, small nodes may be marginalized, affecting decentralization;
- Increased block size may lengthen sync time and raise storage thresholds.
But in any case, the signal from Ethereum's upgrade is very clear: it is preparing for the next round of L2 explosion and the improvement of mainnet capacity.
A faster Ethereum may also mean a more competitive L1 position.
