Ethereum Boosts Scalability by Raising Gas Limit
Ethereum has raised the network gas limit, removing the 30 million cap. This update is expected to improve scalability and increase blockchain throughput.
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The change was implemented without a hard fork after more than 50% of validators voted to increase the gas limit beyond the cap introduced in 2021.
The impact is already visible. According to Etherscan, on February 3, 2025, Ethereum’s average daily gas limit exceeded 30 million for the first time.
Gas in the Ethereum network measures the computational cost required to execute transactions. Every operation on the blockchain consumes gas, with its price denominated in gwei, a fractional unit of ETH.
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The gas limit defines the maximum amount of gas a block can contain. A higher gas limit means more transactions can be processed per block, directly improving network throughput.
Raising the gas limit could help lower transaction fees, as more transactions per block reduce network congestion. However, it also places greater demands on network nodes, requiring them to process larger blocks.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged the update on X, stating that Layer 1 is scaling. He also noted that the upcoming Pectra upgrade, expected in March, will further enhance Ethereum L2s by doubling blob capacity.
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