Catenaa, Sunday, June 01, 2025-More than 150,000 Ethereum validators -representing roughly 15% of the network- are signaling support to increase the blockchain’s block gas limit to 60 million units, nearly doubling the current cap of 36 million.
According to data from a dashboard by Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter, the growing consensus among validators signals momentum for another capacity expansion, following a similar upgrade earlier this year.
The change is expected to increase Ethereum’s transaction and data throughput, enhancing overall network efficiency.
The gas limit dictates how much computational work -measured in gas units – can be executed in a single block. Raising it allows each block to accommodate more complex or numerous transactions, improving Layer 1 scalability without requiring a hard fork.
Unlike structural protocol upgrades, the gas limit increase is implemented automatically when more than half of the network’s validators configure their nodes to support the change during block proposals.
This would mark the third major adjustment to the gas ceiling in recent years. The gas limit was raised to 36 million in February, up from 30 million. Before that, a significant boost in 2021 doubled the limit from 15 million to 30 million.
While the move promises higher throughput, some developers warn it could impose greater demands on hardware, especially for node operators with limited computing capacity.
