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๐ Ethereum Developers Propose Major Gas Limit Increase in Upcoming Fusaka Upgrade
๐ย Ethereum developers are exploring a significant scalability boost by proposing a fourfold increase in the base layer gas limit as part of the upcoming "Fusaka" hard fork, which will follow the Pectra upgrade. Introduced under Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 9678 by Ethereum Foundationโs Sophia Gold, the plan suggests raising the gas limit to 150 million units. This adjustment was discussed during the recent All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call, with Ethereum developer Tim Beiko confirming its potential inclusion in Fusakaโs feature set
๐ The developers emphasized that this change could enhance Ethereumโs processing capacity without introducing new features. However, they acknowledged potential client-side bugs due to the increased load and stressed the need for thorough testing. While validators ultimately set the gas limit, a unified EIP ensures consistent default values across clients, improving network coordination. Currently, Ethereum gas limit sits just under 36 million, following a previous increase from 30M in 2021