The Ethereum gas limit, which was proposed to be increased from 36 million to 60 million units, has received support from about 150,000 validators.
Experts have, however, suggested that this should be approached with caution to avoid straining the network.
A recent proposal to increase Ethereum’s block gas limit has received massive support, as 150,000 validators gave a thumbs up. Mathematically, this represents 15% of the network’s total.
Detailing this, gaslimit.pics, a platform created by Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter, indicated that this move could increase the gas limit to 60 million units from the current level of 36 million.
Source: gaslimit.pics
Earlier, this was capped at 30 million, but was increased to 36 million in February this year, as featured in our previous blog post. Prior to this, the team subjected the gas limit to a significant increment in 2021 when it expanded from 15 million to 30 million.
In the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 9698 submi
