Risks and historical context

Data block

Collection item

Raising Ethereum’s block gas limit to 60 million units would enable each block to process more data and support a higher volume of transactions.
Ethereum developers have expressed concerns that increasing the gas limit to 60 million units could strain validator hardware and affect network stability.
Support for increasing Ethereum's block gas limit to 60 million units from major validator entities signals growing confidence in the network’s scalability strategy and long-term capacity roadmap.
Ethereum's proposed increase in the block gas limit to 60 million units represents the second adjustment within a six-month period, following a prior change in February 2025 that raised the limit from 30 million to 36 million units.

Data source type

Collection data source

Filter

{"where":{"AND":[{"attribute":"Jfmby78N4BCseZinBmdVov","is":"KeG9eTM8NUYFMAjnsvF4Dg"}]}}

Referenced by

GasLimit.Pics data shows validators support Ethereum gas limit raise

Crypto news

News story