More than 150,000 Ethereum validators, which is about 15% of the total, have already expressed support for increasing the gas limit on the network to 60 million units. This is almost double the current limit of 36 million. Data about this is published on the gaslimit.pics dashboard, created by Ethereum researcher Tony Warshtetter.
Gas in Ethereum is a unit of measurement for computing resources needed to execute transactions and smart contracts. The gas limit determines how many operations can be included in one block. When it increases, the volume of transactions processed increases, which can improve the scalability of the network.
The change does not require a hard fork. Validators can change the gas limit independently, offering the appropriate configuration in new blocks. When more than 50% of validators start supporting the new limit, it will be applied automatically.
The previous increase occurred in February 2025, from 30 million to 36 million. Before that, in 2021, the limit was increased from 15 to 30 million. The current initiative is the most ambitious step of all time, and it is causing controversy in the community.
Supporters believe that this will help reduce fees and increase the bandwidth of tier 1. Opponents warn that this may create a load on nodes and lead to problems with synchronization and network stability.
So the key question arises: is now really the right time for such a drastic increase in the gas limit, or could it result in technical risks for the Ethereum ecosystem?
