Ethereum has doubled its block gas limit to 60 million, significantly increasing the network’s capacity for transactions and smart-contract execution.
Validators supported the upgrade following months of discussions among researchers and developers. Researcher Toni Wahrstätter emphasized that the achievement comes just one year after renewed community interest in raising gas limits.
Co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to the upgrade by explaining that Ethereum will continue scaling but in a more targeted manner. He noted that certain operations—such as SSTORE, contract calls involving large code, and complex arithmetic functions—may become more expensive to preserve network security. Calldata could also see modest cost adjustments.
Buterin added that while future gas-limit increases of up to 5× are possible, some operations may also increase in cost proportionally. The upgrade marks a significant milestone as Ethereum pursues safer, more balanced scaling.
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