Ethereum validators have signaled support for increasing the gas limit, with over 50% in favor, marking the first adjustment since the network’s transition Proof-of-Stake

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Feb 4, 2025 - 12:00am

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As of Feb. 4, Gaslimit.pics, which actively tracks the progress of validators’ support for a higher gas limit, shows 52% of validators are in favor, surpassing the threshold requiring at least half to agree to scale the layer 1 network
Over 50% of Ethereum validators have signaled support for raising the network’s gas limit, increasing the maximum amount of gas that can be used for transactions in a single Ethereum block

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