Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade and Real-Time Proving Set to Enhance Network Efficiency
- The upcoming Fusaka hard fork is expected in December, implementing improvements across Ethereum’s execution and consensus layers.
- Fusaka will raise the gas limit from 45 million to 60 million, increasing capacity for Layer-2 solutions by approximately 33%.
- The upgrade includes EIP-7594 (PeerDAS), allowing validators to confirm data availability more efficiently, enhancing data handling without raising transaction per second (TPS) rates.
- On October 15, Brevis announced a new zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) called Pico Prism, achieving a real-time proving rate of nearly 99.9%.
- Ethereum’s throughput could potentially increase to a target of up to 10 million TPS across Layer-2 networks as scalability efforts advance.
The Fusaka upgrade aims to streamline validator operations and reduce costs for small operators while enhancing the overall efficiency of the Ethereum network. Meanwhile, advancements in zero-knowledge proofs are crucial for achieving faster block verification and supporting future scalability goals.
With the gas limit increase and improved data handling capabilities from Fusaka, Ethereum is positioned to support more transactions efficiently while aiming for significant scalability milestones such as reaching up to 10 million TPS. (Source)
