Ethereum Increases Gas Limit for First Time Since PoS Transition
- Ethereum raised its gas limit to a record 35.3 million at block 21771507.
- The adjustment was supported by approximately 52% of validators.
- The new limit is set at 32 million gas units, with plans to expand to 36 million.
- This change allows more transactions and improves scalability for dApps.
- Vitalik Buterin highlighted ongoing efforts to balance scalability with decentralization.
On February 4, Ethereum’s network gas limit reached a record high of 35.3 million, following a validator vote with about 52% support. This increase aims to enhance transaction capacity and network scalability without requiring a hard fork.
Source (2.6.1)https://cryptoslate.com/ethereum-implements-first-gas-limit-increase-since-the-merge/?rand=24433
