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2025-05-21 14:11:15

Buterin: Ethereum Could Increase Gas Limit 10-100 Times

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the L1 chain team is considering the possibility of increasing the gas limit multiple times - from 10 to 100 times from current values.

 Current gas limit:

  • ~36 million units (according to YCharts)
  • A year ago: 30 million
  • Potential target: 360-3600 million

What is a gas limit?

This is the maximum amount of computation available for transactions and smart contracts in a block. It affects:

  •  Network bandwidth
  •  Amount of commissions
  •  Overload Tolerance

 The last time the gas limit was increased was in February 2024 - from 30 to 32 million, without a hard fork (51% of validators voted in favor)

 Why you need it:

  • More transactions per block
  • Lower fees for high workloads
  • Support for scaling without full dependence on L2

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